Re: Ockham\'s Razor
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i.e. no cheating allowed).
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"Lets assume that no cheating is allowed.”
“Yes but what happens if someone cheats.”
“We are assuming that no on cheats.”
“Yes I know that, but what happens if nether the less someone cheats.”
… 10 years later…
… no one is allowed to cheat”
“I know that, but what happens if despite that assumption someone actually does….
….
… later…
… cheats”
“but…
….
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If you do cheat, that's fine -- it just means that I no longer care about the result from the point of view of Ockham's razor. Because then any statement about probabilities is directly related to how you cheated, and is no longer a general logical principle connecting generic cause (with no prior) to effect.
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