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Complexity of the map vs Complexity of the territory
Solomonoff induction infers facts about the territory from the properties of the map. That is an ontological argument, and therefore not valid.
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Solomonoff Induction gauges a theory's parsimony via Kolmogorov complexity, which is a formalization of Occam's razor. It's not a naive measurement of simplicity.