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by ThomPete 1390 days ago
David Deutsch (Father of Quantum Computation and one of the most brilliant human beings alive) have a really great way of thinking these kinds of discussions.

He calls it good explanations.

A good explanation is something that is hard to vary while still solving the problem it purports to solve.

He is against most use of Bayesianism when used for predictions.

Great presentation here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVwjofV5TgU