Will_Newsome comments on Open Problems Related to Solomonoff Induction - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 06 June 2012 06:35:58PM 0 points [-]
Comment author: Will_Newsome 06 June 2012 06:38:29PM *  1 point [-]

we can adopt the general rule that mentioning K-complexity in a discussion of physics is always a sign of confusion :-)

Mentioning it anywhere except algorithmic information theory is a sign of confusion. This includes theology and parapsychology. Use just Bayes or, if you want to be all fancy, updateless-like decision theories. I love algorithmic probability to death but it's just not something you should use casually. Too many pitfalls.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 07 June 2012 02:04:49AM 0 points [-]

Use just Bayes

Bayes requires a prior.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 07 June 2012 03:57:37AM 2 points [-]

No one should ever need to discuss "priors". Focus on the likelihood ratio.

Comment author: timtyler 12 June 2012 01:10:59AM *  1 point [-]

...but that's like comparing apples and cheese!