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ChristianKl comments on Open thread, Dec. 21 - Dec. 27, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 24 December 2015 10:57:22AM 1 point [-]

That's unfortunate, but we cannot ask of anyone, even geniuses, to transcend their time.

If you don't consider Jaynes to be comtemporary, which author do you consider to be his successor that updated where Jaynes went wrong?

Comment author: MrMind 28 December 2015 08:28:41AM 1 point [-]

While Bretthorst is his immediate and obvious successor, unfortunately nobody that I know of has taken up the task to develop the field the way Jaynes did.