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Better risk loss of truth than chance of error--that is your faith-vetoer's exact position. he is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.
-William James
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Better Risk Loss Of Truth Than Chance

William James
Better risk loss of truth than chance of error--that is your faith-vetoer's exact position. he is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.
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