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Actually, ability to keep two or more competing hypotheses in mind at the same time is a sign of intelligence.
by richrichie 3y ago
Actually, ability to keep two or more competing hypotheses in mind at the same time is a sign of intelligence.
- arp242 3y ago"There is no war between Russia and Ukraine" is not a "competing hypothesis", it's unmitigated bullshit. Alternative facts. A complete lie. Whatever you want to call it.
- forgetfreeman 3y agoAnd using the phrase "competing hypotheses" in relation to q-anon, vaccine conspiracy gibberish, Stop The Steal, this list goes on, is an unmitigated insult to intelligence as a concept. Not all positions are equal. If they were every NASA communique involving lunar missions would have to include several paragraphs platforming the fake lunar landing conspiracy and a gaggle of random attention-seeking shitheads on youtube who've decided claiming the moon is in fact made of cheese is their ticket to fame.
- richrichie 3y agoStrawman. Existence of batsh*t crazy conjectures do not imply that the idea of entertaining multiple hypotheses has no value. With accumulation of evidence, probabilities attached to the propositions are revised. Thats how scientific investigation evolves.
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- forgetfreeman 3y agoLol strawman? Think not. Try re-reading the entire thread and come back to us when you're prepared to argue the actual point being made.