Comment by Robin Richtsfeld (robin-richtsfeld) on Will quantum randomness affect the 2028 election? · 2024-01-27T18:33:09.916Z · LW · GW

If you throw a trillion dice, each face comes up almost precisely one sixth of the time. In this case, the width of the distribution shrinks rather than grows with the number of random variables you add up.

Comment by Robin Richtsfeld (robin-richtsfeld) on Will quantum randomness affect the 2028 election? · 2024-01-27T18:30:11.765Z · LW · GW

Given a button that instantaneously inverts the momentum of every air molecule, how confident are you that pressing the button changes the outcome of the 2028 US presidential election?

Comment by robin-richtsfeld on [deleted post] 2023-07-12T18:38:18.697Z

A material conditional P --> Q is true unless P is true and Q is false.

The proposition P --> Q can be true even if P is false (Q must be false).
The proposition P --> Q can be false even if P is true (Q may be true or false).

You may assume the Peano Axioms to be true or to be false, there is no right or wrong.