Hmm
I'm worried this might devolve into semantics: is the string of words under discussion on Our Side or not -- we must know!
Still, my intuitive interpretation would be to say that while we can 'check' each of those pieces of evidence, we still cannot 'check' whether there's chocolate cake, which seems to me to be what's meant by "unless it can be checked"
I'm worried this might devolve into semantics:
No worries, we agree. If by 'check' they meant 'check directly', then I agree the statement isn't right.
Alt-rockers They Might Be Giants explain/advocate empiricism in a record aimed at young children.
No, it's not quite Bayesian. The bridge ("A fact is just a fantasy, unless it can be checked") is more or less simply wrong. Still, I find the fact that the Ancient Art of Rationality is getting play at all pretty exciting. What do you all think? And what can we do to get more rationalist -- or even proto-rationalist -- ideas to youngsters?