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Lumifer comments on An additional problem with Solomonoff induction - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 30 January 2014 04:09:59PM 0 points [-]

Do you agree with this claim

I have no strong opinion. I suspect that this claim needs its assumptions fleshed out (e.g. that the speed of light is REALLY the limit of how fast information can propagate).

Why don't counterfactuals fare well?

Because they are rarely useful for making predictions about reality. Not "never", of course, just "rarely".