50lbsofstorkmeat comments on Rationality Quotes Thread September 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: 50lbsofstorkmeat 08 October 2015 04:17:54PM 2 points [-]

No, I would not care to demonstrate. A proof that a solution exists is not the same thing as a procedure for obtaining a solution. And this isn't even a formal proof: it's a rough sketch of how you'd go about constructing one, informally posted in a blog's comment section as part of a pointless and unpleasant discussion of religion.

If you can't follow how "It is possible-in-principle to calculate a Solomonoff prior for this hypothesis" relates to "We are dismissive of this hypothesis because it has high complexity and little evidence supporting it." I honestly can't help. This is all very technical and I don't know what you already know, so I have no idea what explanation would be helpful to close that inferential distance. And the comments section of a blog really isn't the best format. And I'm certainly not the best person to teach about this topic.

Comment author: Lumifer 08 October 2015 07:34:56PM 0 points [-]

Sure, that's fine.