JGWeissman comments on Frequentist Magic vs. Bayesian Magic - Less Wrong

41 Post author: Wei_Dai 08 April 2010 08:34PM

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Comment author: gwern 15 April 2010 10:11:10PM 2 points [-]

Hey, don't laugh. That's useful to know - now you know any Turing Machine less than 10 is bluffing when it threatens 3^^^^3 specks of sand in eyes.

Comment author: JGWeissman 15 April 2010 11:46:24PM 1 point [-]

now you know any Turing Machine less than 10 is bluffing when it threatens 3^^^^3 specks of sand in eyes.

How did you conclude that from a lower bound?

Comment author: gwern 16 April 2010 02:17:44AM 2 points [-]

I don't think the lower-bound will turn out to be all that off, and I tossed in another ^ as insurance. Jests don't have to be air-tight.