My title is taken from a similarly titled article by the physicist Ed Jaynes, whose work influenced me greatly. It refers to a controversial idea of epistemological probability theory: the method of maximum entropy, that was popularised and (arguably) invented by Jaynes. This principle states that, when choosing probabilities on a discrete hypothesis space, subject [...]
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Where do I stand on maximum entropy?
Posted in Physics, Science, Statistics and Metrics, logic on December 29, 2008 | 7 Comments »
The Surprise Quiz Paradox
Posted in Mathematics, logic, paradox, tagged logic, paradox on November 13, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I love a good paradox – especially ones I can’t see a resolution to. I’ve run into this one a few times and wanted to look into it further.
The story is as follows. A teacher is worried that her class isn’t working consistently through the term, choosing instead to “cram” on the night before an [...]
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