"go and learn"

The juxtaposition of Bayes theorem and the excerpt from Hillel the Elder's summary of the Torah was popularized in rationalist and effective altruism blogging culture (particularly by Scott Alexander). This pairing elevates a mathematical rule of probability to a philosophical first principle. It treats rational updating under uncertainty as the foundational core of truth seeking and characterizes all understanding in philosophy, science, life, the universe, and everything as mere elaboration (which may prove useful).