Certain reasoning patterns tend to promote survival; others don’t. If Og reasoned: “In the past tigers have regularly eaten people, but I’m sure this one will be quite friendly,” then very likely Og is not your ancestor. This is why our fundamental epistemic principles, such as observation and induction, are well-nigh universal among human beings.
--James Brown, Who Rules in Science
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