alex_zag_al comments on Information theory and the symmetry of updating beliefs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 22 November 2011 10:31:54PM 2 points [-]

Helpfully, log scales are off from each other by a constant factor, so whatever techniques they use ln for can be used just as well for log base 2. Just update any constants to the correct (much prettier) values.

Comment author: alex_zag_al 22 November 2014 05:32:31AM 1 point [-]

Much like how inches and centimeters are off by a constant factor. Different log bases are analogous to different units.