What do y’all think of what Jaynes says in the Comments about Gödel’s Theorem and Venn Diagrams?
His remarks on GT I found thoroughly confusing. The section on Venn diagrams doesn’t seem to be entirely about diagrams as a method of illustration, but it’s hard to tell exactly what it’s about.
I don’t feel a desperate need to deeply understand those bits, but it might make the summary of the chapter more useful if it adressed those questions.
I gave the Chapter to my friend who’d studied Gödel’s Theorems for a term for his Masters, and he said the bit on Gödel was highly dubious, though he didn’t go into detail. But they don’t seem essential at all; I suspect Jaynes was engaging in a misconceived defence of Bayesianism’s compatibility with Gödel’s results against a misconceived attack.
What do y’all think of what Jaynes says in the Comments about Gödel’s Theorem and Venn Diagrams?
His remarks on GT I found thoroughly confusing. The section on Venn diagrams doesn’t seem to be entirely about diagrams as a method of illustration, but it’s hard to tell exactly what it’s about.
I don’t feel a desperate need to deeply understand those bits, but it might make the summary of the chapter more useful if it adressed those questions.
What do y’all think about Morendil’s claim not to be a native English speaker? ;-)
(Because that might be misunderstood: I don’t get how non-native speakers get accustomed to using so many idioms and colloquialisms.)
Roko, ciphergoth, Leonhart and Alexandros can now testify to my accent. (I’ve sometimes been told I sound like I’m Russian.)
Indeed we can :-)
Okay, but where do you come up with terms like “y’all” and “spoilsport”?
I read a lot.
I gave the Chapter to my friend who’d studied Gödel’s Theorems for a term for his Masters, and he said the bit on Gödel was highly dubious, though he didn’t go into detail. But they don’t seem essential at all; I suspect Jaynes was engaging in a misconceived defence of Bayesianism’s compatibility with Gödel’s results against a misconceived attack.