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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Tim McGrew on the Dwindling Probabilities Argument

Posted on 10:52 AM by Unknown
Someone brought up the Dwindling Probabilities Argument. If you are going to defend that one, you have to take on Tim McGrew.
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