timtyler comments on Intuitive Explanation of Solomonoff Induction - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 02 December 2011 02:01:53PM 0 points [-]

Solomonoff induction only deals with finite sequences. It doesn't assign p=0 to any sequence consistent with its observations so far. Uncomputable sequences are necessarily inifinite - and though Solomonoff induction can't handle them, neither can the observable universe. I think that the case that they matter remains to be made.