DanielLC comments on Infinite Certainty - Less Wrong

32 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 09 January 2008 06:49AM

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Comment author: Ben_Jones 09 January 2008 09:48:11AM 3 points [-]

P(P is never equal to 1) = ?

I know, I know, 'this statement is not true'. But we've long since left the real world anyway. However, if you tell me the above is less than one, that means that in some cases, infinite certainty can exist, right?

Get some sleep first though Eliezer and Paul. It's 9.46am here.

Comment author: DanielLC 19 December 2011 06:50:54AM 1 point [-]

P(P is never equal to 1) = ?

He answered that.

Am I absolutely sure of that?

Why, of course not.

However, if you tell me the above is less than one, that means that in some cases, infinite certainty can exist, right?

It means that there might be cases where infinite certainty can exist. There also might be cases where the speed of light can be exceeded, conservation of energy can be violated, etc. There probably aren't cases of any of these.