On Tuesday, September 8, 2015, Brent Meeker <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > On 9/6/2015 10:49 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > > On Monday, September 7, 2015, Brent Meeker < > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','meeke...@verizon.net');>meeke...@verizon.net > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','meeke...@verizon.net');>> wrote: > >> >> >> On 9/6/2015 7:20 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Brent Meeker <meeke...@verizon.net >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','meeke...@verizon.net');>> wrote: >> >>> $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. >>> >> >> There are many "interpretations" of prboability: >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_interpretations> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_interpretations >> >> I think the thought experiment I describe is an example of probability >> under the "frequentist" definition. >> >> >> No, there's no randomness in it. There's no distribution to approximate >> in repeated trials. >> > > It's the same kind of randomness that emerges from multiverse theories. > > > Right, a kind which doesn't (in most models) have a probability > interpretation because there's no clear measure. > > You presumably estimate probabilities in everyday life, and generally it > serves you well. > > > Sure, I make subjective estimates by hypothesizing some ensemble of > possibilities with a measure on it - but I don't infer from this that all > those hypotheticals really happen or that the probability I come up with is > an objective fact about the world. > But can you infer something about the nature of the world from the fact that probabilities seem to be useful? -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
