wedrifid comments on Rationality: Appreciating Cognitive Algorithms - LessWrong

37 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 October 2012 09:59AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 17 October 2012 12:26:39PM 1 point [-]

Yes; to count everything that can occur when you flip an actual, physical coin, you must first invent the universe.

In fact, it may be more than merely our universe. The probability assignment actually incorporates doubt about what the precise details of the physics of our universe are. So you may need to invent Kolmogorov complexity and Tegmark's Ultimate Ensemble before you get to the serious counting.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 18 October 2012 05:33:26AM 0 points [-]

Even that isn't enough since it doesn't incorporate our uncertainty about mathematics.