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Hide in Shouldland – find evidence to confirm your beliefs
If the beliefs we generate based on small amounts of evidence could be overturned by equally small amounts of counterevidence, they wouldn’t be such a concern. The incorrect belief could be rejected with evidence and logic. But this is the paradox … Continue reading
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