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   Message 57,954 of 59,235   
   Kaz Kylheku to olcott   
   Re: What expressions of language are log   
   02 Oct 25 17:48:35   
   
   XPost: sci.logic, comp.theory   
   From: 643-408-1753@kylheku.com   
      
   On 2025-10-02, olcott  wrote:   
   > On 10/2/2025 11:43 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >> On 2025-10-02, olcott  wrote:   
   >>> The science of correct reasoning certainly requires   
   >>> epistemology, otherwise most human knowledge cannot   
   >>> be reasoned about.   
   >>   
   >> The science of anything requires a researcher who is humble, and who   
   >> makes the utmost effort to look for reasons why their hypotheses might   
   >> be incorrect, rather than only looking for affirming evidence, rejecting   
   >> all else.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I have spent 22 years on this.   
      
   22 years of not humbly looking for ways you might be wrong.   
      
   If you were a proper researcher you would have been done in 22   
   days, if not just that many hours.   
      
   > I have filled in   
   > all the gaps.   
      
   Name one.   
      
   > ignorance of which is which. Personality   
   > characteristics are never directly relevant.   
      
   There is your problem. The scientific method is not simply a   
   personal characteristic.   
      
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