Posted by cricket on August 26, 2005, at 13:02:51
In reply to Re: What if..... » cricket, posted by alexandra_k on August 25, 2005, at 15:22:04
> Though to just be a little bit picky...
> Instead of looking for evidence that supports a hypothesis one is supposed to look for evidence that disconfirms a hypothesis.
> But that doesn't matter so much
> (because you can revise auxillary assumptions - write evidence off as him having a bad day etc - ad infinitum.)
>
Yes, so it remains a hypothesis. I'm okay with that.
>
> I think so.
> I think that the assumption that he doesn't has coloured your thinking / interpretation of what he says etc more than you probably realise.
>
> Trust is hard.
> But this sounds like a positive move to me
> :-)
>
Yes, I hope so. Well I will give it some time and let's see.
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