Technoguyrob comments on Model Combination and Adjustment - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Technoguyrob 21 July 2013 10:40:16PM 0 points [-]

In mathematical terms, the map from problem space to reference classes is a projection and has no canonical choice (you apply the projection by choosing to lose information), whereas the map from causal structures to problem space is an imbedding and has such a choice (and the choice gains information).