murat comments on Open Thread: March 2010, part 3 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: murat 20 March 2010 10:21:10PM 1 point [-]

How do Bayesians look at formal proofs in formal specifications? Do they believe "100%" in them?

Comment author: ata 20 March 2010 10:26:14PM *  4 points [-]

You can believe that it leads to a 100%-always-true-in-every-possible-universe conclusion, but the strength of your belief should not be 100% itself. The difference is crucial. Good posts on this subject are How To Convince Me That 2 + 2 = 3 and Infinite Certainty. (The followup, 0 And 1 Are Not Probabilities, is a worthwhile explanation of the mathematical reasons that this is the case.)

Comment author: murat 21 March 2010 11:05:18AM 0 points [-]

Thank you for the links. It makes sense now.