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Tag Archives: Evidence
Conservation of Expected Evidence
Another LessWrong post. This one is extremely important for one who would call himself or herself a rationalist. The point is that for any expectation of evidence, there must be an equal and opposite expectation of counter-evidence. This should be … Continue reading
Posted in LessWrong, Philosophy, Rationality, Skepticism
Tagged Bayesian, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Evidence, LessWrong
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Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence
In this article, Eliezer Yudkowsky makes the argument – despite what you often you hear – that absence of evidence really is evidence of absence. I would have written a page on this under the Rationality subheading, but he beat … Continue reading
Posted in Rationality, Science, Skepticism
Tagged Absence, Atheism, Evidence, Rationality, Religion
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