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Jonathan_Graehl comments on "Stupid" questions thread - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 19 July 2013 04:16:30AM 0 points [-]

I understand forward-backward (in general) pretty well and am not sure what application you're thinking of or what you mean by "a path that's impossible to happen". Anyway, yes, I agree that you shouldn't usually put 0 plausibility on views other than your current best guess.

Comment author: ChristianKl 19 July 2013 08:52:25AM 1 point [-]

It possible that you p=0 to go from 5:A to 6:B and the path created by forward-backward still goes from 5:A to 6:B.