potato comments on (Subjective Bayesianism vs. Frequentism) VS. Formalism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: potato 25 November 2011 08:50:38PM 2 points [-]

But it takes a machine besides the universe to count apples. Namely, humans. Arithmetic is turing complete, as is probability theory, so we should not be confused when we notice that it can practically talk about everything under the sun, including things out there in being.