W.K.Clifford's story of the shipowner was intended to make the point that
A) the best we can do is to act on our sincere convictions.
B) it is better to take risks in the hope that we are right than to never venture out into the unknown.
C) it is always wrong to believe anything on insufficient evidence.
D) faith provides us with a basis for belief when reason fails us.

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Clifford's story was intended to promote the idea that it is always wrong to believe anything without sufficient evidence, and that belief without evidence can have harmful consequences. The shipowner, in Clifford's story, believed his ship was seaworthy without sufficient evidence, and as a result, lives were lost.

WKClifford's Story of the Shipowner Was Intended to Make the Point