All perception is inferential; all inference uncertain; all theory,
a combination of perception an inference, is therefore educated guessing.
-- de Selby, _Golden Hours_, I, 93
a combination of perception an inference, is therefore educated guessing.
-- de Selby, _Golden Hours_, I, 93
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