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by tangjurine 1031 days ago
There's a whole different set of heuristics people develop when working with reasonings that might not be right but give a better outcome for whatever reason.

Scientific reasoning is a relatively new phenomenon on top of the old way.

Interestingly, scientific reasoning is getting so prevalent that people don't imagine the old way existed...

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What is the specific “old way?” you are referring to?