“When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains however improbable must be the truth.”
There’s a big problem with that. Eliminating the impossible does not ensure that you have thought of everything that is possible. This is classic “proof by lack of imagination”.
Jaynes “something else” hypothesis in multiple hypothesis testing can keep you from this error.
There’s a big problem with that. Eliminating the impossible does not ensure that you have thought of everything that is possible. This is classic “proof by lack of imagination”.
Jaynes “something else” hypothesis in multiple hypothesis testing can keep you from this error.