tcpkac comments on Sneaking in Connotations - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 February 2008 07:41PM

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Comment author: tcpkac 20 February 2008 08:41:19AM 0 points [-]

So if we have 100 pieces of information about phenomenon A, then we have 100 separate, weaker or stronger, potential categorisations, each with its own set of potential, weaker or stronger, inferences. All legit. and above board, nothing sneaky about it. One could imagine the interactions of these 100 sets of inferences as a multi-dimensional interference pattern, with some nodes glowing brightly as inferences re-inforce, others vanishing completely. The 101st piece of information will bring its own potential categorisation and an additional set of potential inferences. The alternative, I suppose, is just buying a whole truckload of hemlock and going round paying calls on all my friends......