RichardKennaway comments on A Proof of Occam's Razor - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 12 August 2010 04:38:09AM 0 points [-]

Gosh, now I don't know whether to feel bad or not for asking that question.

But I guess 'no, it's not just cardinality that matters but measure' is a good answer. Is there any quick easy explanation of measure and its use in probability?

(I have yet to learn anything from Wikipedia on advanced math topics. You don't hear bad things about Wikipedia's math topics, but as Bjarne said of C++, complaints mean there are users.)

Comment author: DSimon 16 December 2010 05:26:30AM 0 points [-]

Complaints mean there are annoyed users, yes. :-)

Also, I second this observation of Wikipedia's math pages not being a good learning resource. They're pretty good as reference and for refreshers on stuff you've already learned, but it's no substitute for a decent textbook and/or instructor.