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Rationality

Path to the truth?

How do you decide the best path to take to the truth? Does it depend on the circumstances? Are there exceptions where personal incentives are concerned? Do beliefs alter theĀ approach to the question? Does the path vary depending on the outcome? How do you decide?

Categories Philosophy, Principle, Theory Tags Evidence, Rationality, Reason Leave a comment

Does this health intervention work?

Here’s a simple graphic to describe the steps one needs to complete before declaring any health interventionĀ as sufficiently valid to justify it’s use. The basic principle can be applied to many disparate processes.  

Categories Practice, Test, Theory Tags Check, Health, Look, Rationality Leave a comment

Back of the envelope sanity check

Back of the envelope sanity check:

Categories Philosophy Tags Fantasy, God, Rationality, Reason Leave a comment
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