Respecting Evidence

This text asset uses everyday examples to explain what it means to have different confidence levels in a belief, and how our confidence levels reflect our information and influence our actions. A reasonable thinker proportions their confidence levels to their evidence. The scientific method is a sophisticated, powerful tool for establishing how confident we should be in a claim, given our evidence.

Topics

  • belief
  • confidence
  • confidence level
  • evidence
  • proportioning confidence
  • reasonable confidence
  • uncertainty