Re: Predictions & duplications

2001-10-25 Thread Juho Pennanen
juergen wrote: > Russell, at the risk of beating a dead horse: a uniform measure is _not_ a > uniform probability distribution. Why were measures invented in the first > place? To deal with infinite sets. You cannot have a uniform probability > distribution on infinitely many things. The la

Re: Predictions & duplications

2001-10-25 Thread juergen
> From: Russell Standish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I think we got into this mess debating whether an infinite set could > support a uniform measure. I believe I have demonstrated this. > I've yet to see anything that disabuses me of the notion that a > probability distribtu

Re: ODP: Free will/consciousness/ineffabili

2001-10-25 Thread rwas
Brent Meeker wrote: > Hello Charles > > On 23-Oct-01, Charles Goodwin wrote: > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Brent Meeker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2001 12:06 p.m. > >> To: Charles Goodwin > >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: RE: ODP: Free will/con

Re: Predictions & duplications

2001-10-25 Thread Russell Standish
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > From: Russell Standish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I think we got into this mess debating whether an infinite set could > > support a uniform measure. I believe I have demonstrated this. > > I've yet to see anything that disabuses me of t