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Maybe if you opened only introductory physics textbooks then it’s not mundane; but If you opened introductory information theory textbooks, statistical textbook
by LudwigNagasena 2y ago
Maybe if you opened only introductory physics textbooks then it’s not mundane; but If you opened introductory information theory textbooks, statistical textbooks, introductions to Bayesian probability theory, articles about MaxEnt thermodynamics including articles by E.T. Jaynes, then it’s a quite mundane observation.
- guerrilla 2y agoSo, what you're saying is, not very mundane at all and, in fact, that it's specialized knowledge requiring advanced education. ;)
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- mitthrowaway2 2y agoJaynes definitely made the case for this a long time ago, and in my opinion he's correct, but I think that view is still not mainstream; or even if mainstream, certainly not dominant. So I think we should welcome other people who reach it on their own journey, even if they aren't the first to arrive there.