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The principles of the theory of probabilities [cannot] serve to guide…

Quote byGeorge Boole · 1815–1864

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (1854), p. 375, as cited in: Lev D. Beklemishev (2000) Provability, Computability and Reflection, p. 432.

English (original)

The principles of the theory of probabilities [cannot] serve to guide us in the election of... [scientific] hypotheses.

— George Boole

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