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Could you cite your reference to Hume here please? I'm not aware of him linking complexity to regularity.

• GoblinSlayer 9d ago
  Chicken and farmer.
  • n4r9 9d ago
    That's Russell rather than Hume, and I don't see how it links to complexity.
    • GoblinSlayer 8d ago
      The chicken has a problem with prediction of future because of intelligent behavior of the farmer, i.e. the farm is a conspiracy of sorts.
      • n4r9 8d ago
        I wonder if you're reading too far into one example. Hume's original example was of the sun rising every day - nothing to do with sentience or arguably even complexity. The chicken/farmer example is one that Russell came up with to make it easier to imagine.