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Does prediction really have epistemic value?
I am having trouble understanding why the act of predicting something gives it any sort of value or makes a theory more likely to be true. If a scientific theory explained everything in hindsight, such as evolution, why would it matter even if it…
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Non-moralistic solutions to problems
In an interview for Big Think, Steven Pinker makes this claim about morality:
“Not all problems need to have a moralist solution.”
https://youtu.be/ASL4cwU_3tc
And then he gives concrete examples of how very moral outcomes (saving lives) are…
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Can a trier-of-fact in a U.S.-based criminal trial overcome the observer's paradox in order to represent itself as an impartial trier-of-fact?
This post is to ask the entitled question, "Can a trier-of-fact in a U.S.-based criminal trial overcome the observer's paradox in order to represent itself as an impartial trier-of-fact?" I propose that the answer to this post's question is the…
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