polymathwannabe comments on Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences) - Less Wrong

110 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 July 2007 10:59PM

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 23 February 2015 02:56:33PM -1 points [-]

From that belief, the expected experience should be Leo people being less fortunate during those days.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 23 February 2015 03:50:16PM *  0 points [-]

That was the point. Its a cheat to expect astrology truths to product experiences of reading written materials about astrology, so it's a cheat expect to pure maths truths ...

Comment author: RichardKennaway 23 February 2015 04:49:17PM 2 points [-]

That was the point. Its a cheat to expect astrology truths to product experiences of reading written materials about astrology, so it's a cheat expect to pure maths truths ...

Let me complete the ellipsis with what I actually said. A mathematical assertion leads me to expect a proof. Not merely experiences of reading written materials repeating the assertion.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 24 February 2015 10:37:47AM 0 points [-]

And a proof still isnt an .experience in the relevant sense. Its not like predicting an eclipse,