Vladimir_Nesov comments on A note on the description complexity of physical theories - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 09 November 2010 05:57:15PM *  1 point [-]

I just don't understand what sense it makes for a perfect Bayesian to distinguish between equivalent theories.

No sense. It's a correct thing to do if depth of understanding of these theories is valuable and one is not logically omnipotent, but using complexity-leading-to-improbability to justify this principle would be cargo cult Bayesianism.