Nick_Tarleton comments on No Universally Compelling Arguments in Math or Science - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 08 November 2013 12:06:39AM 2 points [-]

Measuring optimization power requires a prior over environments. Anti-inductive minds optimize effectively in anti-inductive worlds.

(Yes, this partially contradicts my previous comment. And yes, the idea of a world or a proper probability distribution that's anti-inductive in the long run doesn't make sense as far as I can tell; but you can still define a prior/measure that orders any finite set of hypotheses/worlds however you like.)