Peter_de_Blanc comments on Epistemic vs. Instrumental Rationality: Approximations - Less Wrong

22 Post author: Peter_de_Blanc 28 April 2009 03:12AM

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Comment author: Peter_de_Blanc 30 April 2009 12:39:39PM 0 points [-]

I was talking about a discrete probability distribution over two possible states: {meteorite, no meteorite}. You seem to be talking about something else.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 30 April 2009 03:32:27PM *  0 points [-]

Okay. I thought you were talking about real-valued probability distributions from 0 to 1. But I don't know if you can claim to draw significant conclusions about epistemic rationality from using the wrong type of probability distribution.

Comment author: Peter_de_Blanc 30 April 2009 04:11:51PM 0 points [-]

What do you mean by "the wrong type of probability distribution"?