Class 36: Paradox Lost

Some believe they have disproved equi-probability assignment (in the face of ignorance) by developing paradoxes. These are show to be mistakes of two forms: implicit, unrecognized premises, and misuses of infinity.

All questions will be answered in the following Monday's lecture.

Written lecture:
https://www.wmbriggs.com/class/
https://wmbriggs.substack.com/

Jaynes's book: http://www.med.mcgill.ca/epidemiology/hanley/bios601/GaussianModel/JaynesProbabilityTheory.pdf

Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science

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