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Comment by Phirand_Ice on Fallacies of Compression · 2008-02-18T16:23:05.000Z · LW · GW

The use of the word 'reality' in this context is meaningless anyway. Standing in California, amongst this reality, would not offer a better perception of what california was/is like. Reality is, infact, compressed.

Comment by Phirand_Ice on Words as Hidden Inferences · 2008-02-05T16:14:46.000Z · LW · GW

We are very imprecise in this way because it is very rare that we split the sign into signified and signifier. If you know that a 'Tiger' thing can kill, it is perhaps best not to worry about the signification of the form and the entropy of its relations - its best to run.

Comment by Phirand_Ice on Trust in Bayes · 2008-01-30T17:53:45.000Z · LW · GW

I 100% certain that atoms don't experience anything. And i'm equally sure that I wont be bitten on the bum by a black swan either.

Comment by Phirand_Ice on The Allais Paradox · 2008-01-24T16:13:00.000Z · LW · GW

Surely the answer is dependednat on goal criterion. If the goal is to get 'some' money then the 100% option and the 34% options are better. If your goal is get 'the most' money then the 97% and the 33% options are better. However the goal might be socially construictued. This reminded me of John Nash whom offered one of his sectraries $15 dollars if she shared it equally with a co-worker but $10 if she kept it for her-self. She took the $15 and split it with her co-worker. She chose an option that maximised her social capital but was a weaker one economically.