Here is the post on information theory I said I would write:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/1y9/information_theory_and_the_symmetry_of_updating/
It explains “mutual information”, i.e. “informational evidence”, which can be added up over as many independent events as you like. Hopefully this will have restorative effects for your intuition!
Here is the post on information theory I said I would write:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/1y9/information_theory_and_the_symmetry_of_updating/
It explains “mutual information”, i.e. “informational evidence”, which can be added up over as many independent events as you like. Hopefully this will have restorative effects for your intuition!