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The idea that we should always be convinced by evidence regardless of context is a vast overgeneralization, impossible ("the evidence" overall rarely points onl
by civilized 4y ago
The idea that we should always be convinced by evidence regardless of context is a vast overgeneralization, impossible ("the evidence" overall rarely points only one way, even if the latest chunk of new evidence does), and in contradiction with Bayesian epistemology.
- pessimizer 4y agoMy problem isn't that I think people should be credulous of everything, it's that I don't think "it's just obvious" is a proper counter to experiments that show nothing. If the effect is so obvious, it should be obvious how to design an experiment that would show it. I don't even know what you're defending here other than believing your first impulse above any subsequent evidence. Nobody is preventing anyone from proving an effect, in fact they poured money into the attempt.