@GabrielDuquette 1a cont: You can use a non-uniform prob. measure, but which one? Now you're assigning probabilities to measures. Epicycles.
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@GabrielDuquette 1a concl: Even Benford's Law isn't on a solid foundation yet.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@GabrielDuquette 2. "I'm going to state a positive integer. Predict what it will be." Note I have not thought of one yet.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@GabrielDuquette As an agent, if I'm allowed to use your prior as a seed for my own selection process, your prior is worthless.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@GabrielDuquette I can choose to make you right, or choose to make you wrong; your estimate recurses into nonsense.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@GabrielDuquette 3. To expand on Vassar: My refusal to answer may be to force you to assign 0 credibility to my statement.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@GabrielDuquette 3a. putting status confidence in the mix is relevant but certainly nowhere near a complete answer.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@GabrielDuquette i.e. I can give you a high confidence answer that int x = x^2 + C without assuming a social status.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev this is a basic equation of calculus - think of a line graph, this is how you calculate the area under the curve@GabrielDuquette1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@GabrielDuquette I believe it's used here as an example of a "universal truth" that doesn't depend on outside factors1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@sarahdoingthing @GabrielDuquette also an example of something I personally have authority-as-expertise in, contra constantin's status model
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@sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette inasmuch as I vigorously reject 'status' it's a sore spot0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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