I think we could modify our sense of it to mean that if you are down to having to accept a 0.01% probability, because you’ve excluded everything else, then it’s probably better to go back over your logic and see if there’s any place you’ve improperly limited your hypothesis space.
Several paradigm-changing theories introduced concepts that would have previously been thought impossible (like special relativity, or many-worlds interpretation)
I love this quote, but I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t describe it as “rational”.
I think we could modify our sense of it to mean that if you are down to having to accept a 0.01% probability, because you’ve excluded everything else, then it’s probably better to go back over your logic and see if there’s any place you’ve improperly limited your hypothesis space.
Several paradigm-changing theories introduced concepts that would have previously been thought impossible (like special relativity, or many-worlds interpretation)