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

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Comment author: Peter_de_Blanc 11 November 2010 03:14:10AM 1 point [-]

The tradition in Bayesianism and standard rationality (and logical positivism, for that matter) that the truth of a statement is to be found through its observable consequences.

Since when is that the Bayesian tradition? Citation needed.

Comment author: Jack 11 November 2010 03:29:11AM 0 points [-]

How do you adjudicate a wager without observable consequences?