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63 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 January 2007 03:46AM

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Comment author: pdf23ds 22 January 2007 09:05:53PM 0 points [-]

OT: Eliezer, what do you think about null hypotheses? E.g. what's the correct null hypothesis regarding the probability distribution of the size of (cubic) boxes produced by the box factory, where a flat distribution over the length would produce a polynomial distribution over surface area and volume, for instance?