#epistemology #rationality # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # [[Philosophy/Rationality/Models/Lindy Effect|Lindy Effect]] [[Philosophy/Epistemology/Falsifiability|falsification]] #to-digest >Instead of discussing the 'probability' of a hypothesis we should try to assess what tests, what trials, it has withstood; that is, we should try to assess how far it has been able to prove its fitness to survive by standing up to tests. In brief, we should try to assess how far it has been 'corroborated' >~ [[Karl Popper]] # External links