Dogen's Gidan (Religious Doubt)

Study of University Students' Attitude towards the Spread of Religious Doubt among the Youth

       The spread of religious doubt amongst people, especially students and young people in recent years has become a major concern. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of religious doubt among students of Islamic Azad University and Yazd University. The present research is a cross-sectional survey. The population of Yazd University and Islamic Azad Yazd University students was ...

Faith, Hope and Doubt

1 Beyond reasonable doubt

T he Internet is a wonderful research tool. With the click of a mouse, you can beam yourself into what seems an infinite number of important lectures by eminent thinkers around the world. Just such an opportunity awaits if you search for Richard A. Muller, professor of physics at the University of California, berkeley. The results of such a search include a video of Professor Muller castigating...

Designing for Doubt

Vast quantities of data are collected about us and our world: credit card transactions, movements and traffic flows, social networks, disease outbreaks, bird migrations, and flowers blossoming. These datasets span a wide range of public and private information and contexts. However, it is the emergence of a host of mobile phone based citizen sensing platforms that is poised to become the domina...

When in Doubt ... Be Indecisive

For a presented case, a Bayesian network classifier in essence computes a posterior probability distribution over its class variable. Based upon this distribution, the classifier’s classification function returns a single, determinate class value and thereby hides the uncertainty involved. To provide reliable decision support, however, the classifier should be able to convey indecisiveness if t...