In German and Slovenian the word for probability translates roughly as 'believability', and the believability of explanatory theories is always higher than that of less likely theories—so believability isn't really probability.

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Matjaž Leonardis

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the believability of explanatory theories is always higher than the believability of of these sort of less likely theories and therefore believability isn't really probability

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Matjaž Leonardis - Science, Identity and ProbabilityDwarkesh Patel
Created: 6/13/2026, 7:01:37 PM

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