bogdanb comments on Open Thread: March 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: bogdanb 12 March 2010 01:29:31PM *  0 points [-]

No, just a random alien that (1) I encountered and (2) asked me a question.

The two conditions above restrict enormously the general class of “possible” random aliens. Every condition that restricts possibilities brings information, though I can't see a way of properly encoding this information as a prior about the answer to said question.

[ETA:] Note that I don't necessarily accept cousin_it's assertion, I just state my interpretation of it.