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A formal and consistent theory of inductive processes cannot represent the operation of every human mind in detail it will represent an ideal mind, but it will help the actual mind to approximate that ideal.

Harold Jeffreys

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Harold Jeffreys
Age: 97 †
Born: 1891
Born: April 22
Died: 1989
Died: March 18
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