Gvaerg comments on Open Thread, December 2-8, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Gvaerg 04 December 2013 05:42:38PM 0 points [-]

And simulation theory is kinda the opposite of statistics - whereas in statistics you deduce the distribution from sample data, in simulation you compute plausible sample data from a given distribution.