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Old 08-25-2007, 08:35 AM
jason1990 jason1990 is offline
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Default Re: A Compendium of Sklansky Fallacies

First of all, Jaynes (not Jensen) is the creator of the maximum entropy principle which, together with the indifference principle, form two of the fundamental ideas in his version of logical probability. The larger philosophical picture of logical probability is certainly up for debate -- a debate which is not generally the playground of mathematicians -- but the mathematical side of his work and ideas is well-represented in the mathematical community, as a quick search of MathSciNet will reveal.

Second, I have quite a bit of experience teaching many courses ranging from freshman calculus to graduate level courses on stochastic integration and differential equations. I am a professor of mathematics and, in particular, a probabilist. You, on the other hand, I would wager, are (at best) an arrogant graduate student who thinks he knows everything. Yet you do not even understand the difference between the mathematics of probability and the philosophical interpretations of probability. You made your ignorance of this distinction, as well as your arrogance, evident in your third post in SMP.

Since I do not appreciate being personally attacked, I will unfortunately have to forgo the mild entertainment that your conceited, know-it-all ramblings sometimes provide. God bless the ignore list.
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