Analogies are not a component of reason. I own one brown shirt but it doesn't mean I kinda work for UPS.
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@ScottAdamsSays Reasoning from non-identical, but similar experience is necessarily a component of reasoning under uncertainty E.T. Jaynes.
@rsmithtroll66 Because that guy said it? Analogies are good for starting explanations. No more.
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@ScottAdamsSays@rsmithtroll66 Right. Analogy works only to bring the other guy from far away to the right playing field. -
@ScottAdamsSays@rsmithtroll66 You still have to score the goal the hard way. (To make a sportsball analogy.)
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@ScottAdamsSays E.T. Jaynes was a physicist at Wash U in St. Louis who wrote Probability: The Logic of Science.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ScottAdamsSays Jaynes showed that consistent people, with diverse prior opinions plus infinite same info often yields diverging opinionsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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