A formal and consistent theory of inductive processes cannot represent the operation of every human mind in detail; it will represent an ideal mind, but it will help the actual mind to approximate that ideal.
Variation must be taken as random until there is positive evidence to the contrary. - Harold Jeffreys
Variation must be taken as random until there is positive evidence to the contrary.
- Harold Jeffreys
The real difficulty about volcanism is not to see how it can start, but how it can stop. - Harold Jeffreys
The real difficulty about volcanism is not to see how it can start, but how it can stop.
There are some current 'theories' that, when divested of begged questions, reduce to the non-controversial statement, 'Here are some facts and there … - Harold Jeffreys
There are some current 'theories' that, when divested of begged questions, reduce to the non-controversial statement, 'Here are some facts and there …
A formal and consistent theory of inductive processes cannot represent the operation of every human mind in detail; it will represent an ideal mind, … - Harold Jeffreys
A formal and consistent theory of inductive processes cannot represent the operation of every human mind in detail; it will represent an ideal mind, …
What the use of P [the significance level] implies, therefore, is that a hypothesis that may be true may be rejected because it has not predicted obs… - Harold Jeffreys
What the use of P [the significance level] implies, therefore, is that a hypothesis that may be true may be rejected because it has not predicted obs…
An observation, strictly, is only a sensation. Nobody means that we should reject everything but sensations. But as soon as we go beyond sensations w… - Harold Jeffreys
An observation, strictly, is only a sensation. Nobody means that we should reject everything but sensations. But as soon as we go beyond sensations w…
We have to come back to something like ordinary language after all when we want to talk "about" mathematics! - Harold Jeffreys
We have to come back to something like ordinary language after all when we want to talk "about" mathematics!
All suggested accounts of the origin of the solar system are subject to serious objections. The conclusion in the present state of the subject would … - Harold Jeffreys
All suggested accounts of the origin of the solar system are subject to serious objections. The conclusion in the present state of the subject would …
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