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To Be or Not To Be… Skeptical

This is taken from James Mcgrath’s Blog and I thought it was interesting:

If we adopt a skeptical approach, we are less likely to believe things that are false, but will also probably not believe many things that are true but for which evidence is lacking. If we take a credulous approach, by believing everything, we may be certain that we have believed everything that is true, but we will inevitably believe many things that are false as well.

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