Disadvantage of arguing with Jaynes’ Bayes book is that presumably no one cares about it except a handful of advanced geeks.
.@badgermind The historical connection is made here: http://lesswrong.com/lw/ul/my_bayesian_enlightenment/ … Jaynes makes Bayes The Answer To Everything—pure eternalism.
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@Meaningness thinking more of the distinction between a philosophy of market trading and a philosophy of life :) -
@badgermind Yes; Bayes is definitely the right answer for certain kinds of problems. Although as Taleb argues, trading often isn’t one!
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@badgermind Hmm… I’m skeptical at first glance, but ...
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@Meaningness@badgermind I think what I'm calling 'assuming the sample space is a known object' is equivalent to eternalism in your scheme.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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