You might enjoy this excerpt from E. T. Jaynes’ book “Probability Theory: The Logic of Science”: https://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/prob/book.pdf#page=16 https://baye

You might enjoy this excerpt from E. T. Jaynes’ book “Probability Theory: The Logic of Science”: https://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/prob/book.pdf#page=16 https://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/prob/book.pdf#page=16 (the section that starts with “What is ‘safe’?”)