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Belief and Certainty

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Belief and Certainty
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Belief and Certainty
September 4, 2014 at 6:14 pm
When I say that I believe something, it does not mean that I am absolutely certain that it is true. I'm not sure that I can say anything with absolute certainty.

If I flip a coin, I will neither believe the claim that it will be heads, nor the claim that it will be tails. However what if the coin is a biased coin. At what stage should I believe that it will be Heads? Traditionally in a scientific test it would be at 95% (2 std dev). However, as far as I'm aware, this is fairly arbitrary (it's 5 sigma for new particle discoveries).

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Belief and Certainty

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Belief and Certainty - by FreeTony - September 4, 2014 at 6:14 pm
RE: Belief and Certainty - by ShaMan - September 4, 2014 at 6:16 pm
RE: Belief and Certainty - by ignoramus - September 4, 2014 at 8:13 pm
RE: Belief and Certainty - by naimless - September 4, 2014 at 8:58 pm
RE: Belief and Certainty - by Magilla - September 4, 2014 at 9:35 pm
RE: Belief and Certainty - by bennyboy - September 4, 2014 at 9:51 pm
RE: Belief and Certainty - by Jenny A - September 4, 2014 at 10:06 pm

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