Annoyance comments on Rationalists should beware rationalism - Less Wrong

27 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 06 April 2009 02:16PM

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Comment author: Annoyance 07 April 2009 08:09:38PM -1 points [-]

What's wrong with zero? An indetectable something is redundant and can be eliminated without loss; it has no consequences that the negation of its existence doesn't also imply. You might as well treat it as impossible - if you don't like giving zero probabilities, assign it whatever value you use for things-that-can't-occur.