JamesAndrix comments on Bead Jar Guesses - Less Wrong

17 Post author: Alicorn 04 May 2009 06:59PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (127)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: JamesAndrix 05 May 2009 09:05:33PM 0 points [-]

I think there's also the question of inferring the included name space and possibility space from the questions asked.

If he asks you about html color #FF0000 (which is red) after asking you about red, do you change your probability? Assuming he's using 12 color words because he used 'red' is arbitrary.

Even with defined and distinct color terms, the question is, what of those colors are actual possibilities (colors in the jar) as opposed to logical possibilities (colors omega can name)

and I think THAT ties back to Elizer's article about Job vs. Frodo.