On Monday, September 7, 2015, Brent Meeker <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:

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> On 9/6/2015 7:20 PM, Jason Resch wrote:
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> On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Brent Meeker <meeke...@verizon.net
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','meeke...@verizon.net');>> wrote:
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>> $2, because you can just say "Monday" each time you're asked.  It has
>> nothing to do with probabilities.  It's a good analogue of the MWI problem;
>> when everything is deterministic and everything happens there's no
>> objective measure.
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> There are many "interpretations" of prboability:
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_interpretations>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_interpretations
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> I think the thought experiment I describe is an example of probability
> under the "frequentist" definition.
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> No, there's no randomness in it.  There's no distribution to approximate
> in repeated trials.
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It's the same kind of randomness that emerges from multiverse theories. You
presumably estimate probabilities in everyday life, and generally it serves
you well. Do you conclude from this that multiverse theories are wrong, and
there must be a single track universe with true randomness?


-- 
Stathis Papaioannou

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