Vladimir_Nesov comments on The prior of a hypothesis does not depend on its complexity - Less Wrong
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I think you simply point out that I'm using incorrect terminology: I should've used "descriptions of events" in place of "hypotheses", and "hypotheses" in place of "predictors" (or "algorithms", or "worlds"). Okay, I can live with that.
NB: onlookers, please don't downvote parent. Upvoted back to 0.
He essentially argued about definitions, but presented that as a disagreement about content. This is a standard error (whether by oversight or not), hence should be downvoted.