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| Zack_M_Davis | v1.7.0Nov 18th 2009 | (+412) rerwrite; needs work | ||
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| Vladimir_Nesov | v1.5.0Oct 25th 2009 | (-18) Undo revision 5112 by [[Special:Contributions/PeerInfinity|PeerInfinity]] ([[User talk:PeerInfinity|Talk]]) | ||
| PeerInfinity | v1.4.0Oct 24th 2009 | (+18) all "See also" links should be bidirectional | ||
| PeerInfinity | v1.3.0Sep 28th 2009 | (+37/-37) | ||
| Vladimir_Nesov | v1.2.0Sep 23rd 2009 | (+10/-9) /* See also */ | ||
| Vladimir_Nesov | v1.1.0Sep 23rd 2009 | (+36) | ||
| PeerInfinity | v1.0.0Sep 23rd 2009 | (+54) Created page with '{{Quote| * A rational doubt exists to destroy its target belief, and if it does not destroy its target it dies unfulfilled. * A rational doubt arises from some specific reason th...' |
The proper purpose of a doubt is to destroy its target belief if and only if it is false. Merely going around doubting things, without following up and investigating, doesn't help you get truer beliefs. The mere feeling of crushing uncertainty is not virtuous unto an aspiring rationalist; probability theory is the law that says we must be uncertain to the exact extent to which the evidence merits uncertainty.