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That is incorrect. Good reasoning can lead to conclusions that are strictly false. For example, when asked to be more granular, the turtle could say 'I reason
by RupertEisenhart 5y ago
That is incorrect. Good reasoning can lead to conclusions that are strictly false.
For example, when asked to be more granular, the turtle could say 'I reason that there is only a 1 in 10 chance that seafaring civilizations exist'. The existence of seafaring civilizations doesn't make the turtle wrong in this case.
If the turtle concluded that 'there can not possibly be any seafaring civilizations, because I don't see any' then you could accuse it of bad reasoning.
- addingnumbers 5y ago> If the turtle concluded that 'there can not possibly be any seafaring civilizations, because I don't see any' The hypothetical turtle did exactly that, loyally following suit with the commenter who I replied to.