There’s something called Cumulative Error. It is an epistemic error that is built on prior knowledge, which is also an error. It becomes cumulative because instead of stopping to evaluate, we build conclusions on the premise that prior knowledge is right when actually it is not.
ON CUMULATIVE ERROR, EVALUATION OF BELIEFS…
There’s something called Cumulative Error. It is an epistemic error that is built on prior knowledge, which is also an error. It becomes cumulative because instead of stopping to evaluate, we build conclusions on the premise that prior knowledge is right when actually it is not.