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Thread #107407   Message #2243061
Posted By: Amos
23-Jan-08 - 03:49 PM
Thread Name: BS: Still no gods 2008 (continued)
Subject: RE: BS: Still no gods 2008 (continued)
No, it does not, of course.

It is the filter on acceptable or perceivable data that maketh all the difference.

It is the insight into ramifications of data and the relative importance of it. Boolean logic is not very good at defining relative importance. A lot of data skirmishes come from difference of opinion about weighing relative importance of information.

A single white crow might be statistically negligible in a world of usual crows; but in the universe of people believing that all crows are black, it could be extremely important, because it offers a crack in the doorway into a better model by presenting an irritating anomaly. Depending on your logic, you could throw the datum away or elevate it to great importance.

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