Steve_Rayhawk comments on Parapsychology: the control group for science - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 07 December 2009 08:25:49AM 1 point [-]

Interesting point. Since physics does appear on the surface to be continuous, I can't rule out continuous propositions. Perhaps the amended saying should read "0 and 1 are not probability masses, and 0 is not a probability density."

Comment author: Steve_Rayhawk 07 December 2009 04:22:41PM 0 points [-]

Oh. I was expecting your belief to be as with infinite-set atheism: that we never actually see an infinitely precise measurement.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 07 December 2009 07:34:27PM 0 points [-]

We don't, but what if there are infinitely precise truths nonetheless? The math of Bayesianism would require assigning them probabilities.