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saraid216 on July 1, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Curse of Smart People

And if you fail to prove your assumptions false, it's only because you haven't tried hard enough.

Mikushi on July 1, 2014 [–]

Or because they are right.

saraid216 on July 1, 2014 | [–]

That's possible, but given that it is one possibility out of a nigh infinite possibilities that they are wrong, what's the probability that they're right?

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