AlexMennen comments on An Intuitive Explanation of Solomonoff Induction - Less Wrong

53 Post author: Alex_Altair 11 July 2012 08:05AM

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Comment author: AlexMennen 10 July 2012 07:55:42PM *  0 points [-]

In retrospect, my first attempt at explanation was fairly poor. Is this clearer?

Edit: To more specifically address your objection: P(hit twice) = P(hit 1st time) * P(hit 2nd time | hit 1st time) = P(hit)^2.

Comment author: thomblake 10 July 2012 08:04:46PM 0 points [-]

yes