Models supersede each other by explaining outliers in addition to everything else. But, the closer your model gets to entirely correct (explaining every instance of evidence), the more it will tend to dismiss freak occurrences of contrary evidence.
Science has rarely impressed me because the experiences that have most strongly defined my life have mostly occurred outside of its reach. Occultism at one time impressed me because it is willing to begin with outside premises and work in, and this sometimes yields rewards.
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If I had to live in a world where epistemology is derived from scientific process and one where it is derived through occult process (for lack of a better word), I would of course choose scientific process, but it also wouldn't be for my own sake, nor do I think I would last long
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I own that most of my experiences are not valid foundations of anything, but some are, even if this truth is inexplicable according to the models with the most verisimilitude.
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