Bongo comments on Open Thread: December 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Bongo 04 December 2011 06:06:24PM *  4 points [-]

(An increasing probability distribution over the natural numbers is impossible. The sequence (P(1), P(2),...) would have to 1) be increasing 2) contain a nonzero element 3) sum to 1, which is impossible.)