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Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth

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Apostolos Doxiadis
Apostolos Doxiadis

Apostolos Doxiadis is a distinguished Greek writer known for his contributions to science fiction, philosophy, and mathematics. Born on June 6, 1953, he has made a notable impact on the literary world with his imaginative narratives and profound ideas. more

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“it seems that once again people engage in a search for evidence that is biased toward confirmation. Asked to assess the similarity of two entities, people pay more attention to the ways in which they are similar than to the ways in which they differ. Asked to assess dissimilarity, they become more concerned with differences than with similarities. In other words, when testing a hypothesis of similarity, people look for evidence of similarity rather than dissimilarity, and when testing a hypothesis of dissimilarity, they do the opposite. The relationship one perceives between two entities, then, can vary with the precise form of the question that is asked”

MindBrainPsychologyLogicHuman BehaviorFallacy
Book:How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
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“The principle we are examining may be called the principle of induction, and its two parts may be stated as follows: (a) When a thing of a certain sort A has been found to be associated with a thing of a certain other sort B, and has never been found dissociated from a thing of the sort B, the greater the number of cases in which A and B have been associated, the greater is the probability that they will be associated in a fresh case in which one of them is known to be present; (b) Under the same circumstances, a sufficient number of cases of association will make the probability of a fresh association nearly a certainty, and will make it approach certainty without limit.”

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Author:Bertrand Russell
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