1430 || philosophical shortcuts
Alder's Razor: If something cannot be settled by experiment or observation, then it is not worthy of debate.
Sagan Standard: Positive claims require positive evidence, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Grice's Razor: Conversational implications are to be preferred over semantic context for linguistic explanations.
Chekhov's Gun: If it appeared in foreshadowing, it will likely be used in the future.
Epileptic Trees: The wild, off-the-wall theories that happen when you are looking for Chekov's gun.
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