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kalloyd comments on Starting point for calculating inferential distance? - Less Wrong Discussion

15 Post author: JenniferRM 03 December 2010 08:20PM

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Comment author: kalloyd 09 October 2013 05:45:16PM 0 points [-]

Re: The term inferential distance "has no clear mathematical or pragmatic definition, no substantive use in peer reviewed science", seems consistently coherent with the mathematical concept of a "homology of chain complexes". More specifically, these represent "natural transformations" on page 3 of http://wattsys.com/Content/Domain%20Concepts%20Overview.pdf