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The mind is an iceberg it floats with only one-seventh of its bulk above water. Sigmund Freud		Sunday Nov 24, 2024
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Variation must be taken as random until there is positive evidence to the contrary. H. Jeffreys

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	H. Jeffreys
	Theory of Probability, 1961, p.391.

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There are some current `theories' that, when divested of begged questions, reduce to the non-controversial statement, `Here are some facts and there may be some relation between them.'

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.

An observation, strictly, is only a sensation. Nobody means that we should reject everything but sensations. But as soon as we go beyond sensations we are making inferences.

Variation must be taken as random until there is positive evidence to the contrary.