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www.livescience.com
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| | | | | Get the latest news and articles about Space Exploration from the experts at Live Science. | |
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mathinvestor.org
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| | | | | [AI summary] The text explores the post-hoc probability fallacy across various domains, emphasizing that assigning probabilities to singular events based on observed outcomes is logically flawed. It discusses examples like the evolution of life, the fine-tuning of the universe, and the multiverse theory, all of which are criticized for relying on flawed probabilistic reasoning. The text also references Steven Pinker's analogy to illustrate the fallacy, highlighting that such reasoning often leads to incorrect conclusions about the likelihood of events. Overall, the summary underscores the importance of recognizing the limitations of probabilistic reasoning when dealing with unique, unrepeatable phenomena. | |
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astroengine.com
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| | | | | Earth likely passed through "a fold in theheliospheric current sheet," which induced a powerful electrical surge down here on the ground. While science news is filled with rumbling earthquakes and rippling gravitational waves, a different kind of perturbation was felt in Norway yesterday (Jan. 6)-but its cause is a little mysterious. "Electrical currents started flowing,"... | |
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www.livescience.com
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| | | How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between five and 18, plus hundreds of potentially undiscovered ones, depending on whom you ask. | ||
