How to never be wrong

2018/05/24 by Samuel J. Gershman · 1 voice · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Decision Sciences · #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics #Philosophy and History of Science

paper · pdf · doi:10.3758/s13423-018-1488-8

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Discussions

• Very cool new paper by @gershbrain on auxiliary hypotheses and how they can, under perfectly rational Bayesian updating, lead people to resist disconfirming evidence. A lot to digest here... https://d [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]