There’s a Discordian catma to the effect that if you think there are only two possibilities — X, and Y — then there are actually Five possibilities: X, Y, both X and Y, neither X nor Y, and something you haven’t thought of.
Jaynes had a recommendation for multiple hypothesis testing—one of the hypotheses should always be “something I haven’t thought of”.
There’s a Discordian catma to the effect that if you think there are only two possibilities — X, and Y — then there are actually Five possibilities: X, Y, both X and Y, neither X nor Y, and something you haven’t thought of.
Jaynes had a recommendation for multiple hypothesis testing—one of the hypotheses should always be “something I haven’t thought of”.