“If your method requires infinite storage space and computation speed to use, the problem is not that finite beings aren’t sufficiently rational, it’s that your method doesn’t work.”
(@nostalgebraist re Bayes, but applies to many rationalist fantasies.)http://nostalgebraist.tumblr.com/post/161645122124/bayes-a-kinda-sorta-masterpost …
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I wish you guys posted these comments at the LW thread not Twitter, so that the people disagreeing with you could answer and I could follow the conversation. :-)
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"If someone forces you to treat a situation as a fair betting game, it would be irrational ..." - great sentence in my estimation. Addresses the Dutch Book arguments in a clear and evocative way.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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