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Misha comments on P(X = exact value) = 0: Is it really counterintuitive? - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: lucidfox 29 July 2011 12:45PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 30 July 2011 01:10:30AM 2 points [-]

No finite amount of evidence will convince you. I can be convinced of infinitely unlikely things by an infinite amount of evidence just fine.

And if we're talking about a situation (like real life!) where you can't expect to receive an infinite amount of evidence, then we shouldn't be using probabilities of 0 or 1, either.