ygert comments on Privileging the Hypothesis - Less Wrong

57 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 September 2009 12:40AM

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Comment author: RobinZ 15 March 2010 05:05:40AM 2 points [-]

"Perfectly simple" means "the mathematics is simple", not "the explanation does not have many apparent details". This so-called definition is a classic example of a mysterious answer - an actually simple deity could be described by positive attributes.

Comment author: pnrjulius 27 May 2012 04:36:00AM -2 points [-]

Indeed, I think we could end up calling the simple deity by his holiest of names: Math.

Comment author: ygert 19 December 2012 10:15:39PM 0 points [-]

You mean the mythical Welsh hero/king Math? :-)