CCC comments on Rationality Quotes Thread September 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: 50lbsofstorkmeat 05 October 2015 08:03:43PM 0 points [-]

The number of bits required to specify an agent with free will (insofar as free will is a meaningful term when discussing a deterministic universe) is definitely finite. Very large, but finite. Which is a good thing, since Kolmogorov priors specify a prior of 0 for a hypothesis with infinite complexity and assigning a prior of 0 to a hypothesis is a Bad Thing for a variety of reasons.

Comment author: CCC 06 October 2015 09:13:02AM 1 point [-]

The number of bits required to specify an agent with free will (insofar as free will is a meaningful term when discussing a deterministic universe) is definitely finite. Very large, but finite.

...could you elaborate on this point a bit more? I'd really like to know how you prove that.