How To Model A Smoking Gun

Friday, February 5, 2010 - 04:21 in Mathematics & Economics

How To Model A Smoking Gun Conspiracy theorists just love to get hold of a piece of new information and claim that it is the 'smoking gun'  that 'conclusively proves' their pet theory.  The psychology behind this mode of argument is so subtle that a 'smoking gun' proponent may not just fool many ordinary members of the public.  They may fool themselves also. The Importance Of Context. read more

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