Knowledge that is not immune to doubt deserves no confidence and cannot count as certainty

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• Confidence in a belief reflects the coherence of the story the mind built, not the quality of the evidence DKDaniel Kahnemanc. 2011
• No testimony suffices to establish a miracle unless its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it seeks to establish DHDavid Humec. 1748
• Nothing should be accepted as true unless it is known so clearly and distinctly that no ground for doubt remains RDRené Descartes8 Jun 1637
• Overturned findings do not make knowledge entirely uncertain; we are approaching the truth asymptotically SASamuel Arbesman29 Sept 2026
• Knowledge of cause and effect is never reached by reasoning a priori; it comes entirely from experience of things constantly conjoined DHDavid Humec. 1748

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