cousin_it comments on The two meanings of mathematical terms - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cousin_it 18 June 2009 11:25:10AM *  1 point [-]

One has to do with the breakdown of many finite operations, such as size comparison, in a way that e.g. prevents me from comparing two "infinite" collections of observers to determine anthropic probabilities.

Born probabilities seem to fit your bill perfectly. :-)

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 18 June 2009 07:22:01PM 1 point [-]

Don't think I haven't noticed that. (In fact I believe I wrote about it.)