Cont'd: It's one thing to observe "Humans make mistakes all the time, therefore I should be humble about my conclusions and mildly skeptical toward others'." I

Cont'd: It's one thing to observe "Humans make mistakes all the time, therefore I should be humble about my conclusions and mildly skeptical toward others'." It's another thing to have a FUNCTIONAL MODEL of HOW AND WHY humans make certain categories of mistake. Such a thing can help us sort through proposed answers to complex questions with better discernment than just the basic realization that "this was arrived at by a fallible human, therefore it could be wrong, so I won't hold it too dogmatically."