@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoSequence classic: "I don’t think you could get up to 99.99% confidence for assertions like “53 is a prime number.”www.lesswrong.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkSequence classic: "I don’t think you could get up to 99.99% confidence for assertions like “53 is a prime number.”www.lesswrong.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarefeistellinkfedilink5•edit-21 year agoTo figure this out, we have to start with 100% and then subtract the chance we’re in a Truman Show world run by producers who think math is hilarious. Because nobody thinks math jokes are funny we can subtract zero and be 100% certain.
To figure this out, we have to start with 100% and then subtract the chance we’re in a Truman Show world run by producers who think math is hilarious. Because nobody thinks math jokes are funny we can subtract zero and be 100% certain.