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Sunday 10 September 2017

Trust in theory and observation works differently

Stumbled on this by accident.


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3 comments:

  1. Chris Greene10 September 2017 at 18:41

    >Stumbled on this by accident.

    You sure?

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  2. Dan Weese10 September 2017 at 18:41

    Yeah... I am told all it takes is one counterexample to disprove a theory - but... but... it takes stats and prob to work out if it's a valid counterexample. The torture never stops.

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  3. Rhys Taylor10 September 2017 at 19:21

    Well, I was just looking for pictures of Shapley (as one does), so I count that as an accident. :P

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