@St_Rev @semiotechnic @Meaningness All of these sound like category errors to me.
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Replying to @simplic10
@simplic10@St_Rev@semiotechnic That's kind of the point, isn't it? Some uncertainty can usefully be represented numerically, some can't.5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@simplic10@semiotechnic ...nevertheless 'the sky is indigo' isn't entirely false. But 'the sky is blue' is *more true*.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@Meaningness@semiotechnic These seem like fairly tractable definitional problems. Define blue as such&such wavelength distrib...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @simplic10
@simplic10@Meaningness@semiotechnic Cyan = blue y/n8 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@simplic10@Meaningness@semiotechnic ...whether a thing is true or false, we can use probabilities to reason about uncertainty2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee@simplic10@Meaningness@semiotechnic But if you can do probability theory, you already know a ton about a system.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@simplic10@Meaningness@semiotechnic true if you mean "do probability theory explicitly", not "hold it up as a normative standard"6 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee@St_Rev@simplic10@semiotechnic After that, Bayes is trivial arithmetic.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@tipsfromkatee@simplic10@semiotechnic ...you pathologically toward 'known unknowns' & away from resilience & adaptation.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@St_Rev @tipsfromkatee @simplic10 @semiotechnic Amen Brother!
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