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> So combining the two will not give you something that will make up for each of the ones weaknesses and always give a definite answer

True, although the probability of a false answer given that we combine them can be smaller from the probability of the same false answer in the case when we use each of them separately. This may be important in cases when the aversion to false answers is extremely high.



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