Yes, the ideas in that post are closely related to this one. I think that the main difference is that, in that post Eliezer is interested in epistemology whereas here I am interested in how the process works from a physics point of view. For example, in my post, there is no need for ‘information’ (as I am using the word) to be correlated with true beliefs.
I presume you are talking about the post What is Evidence?
Yes, the ideas in that post are closely related to this one. I think that the main difference is that, in that post Eliezer is interested in epistemology whereas here I am interested in how the process works from a physics point of view. For example, in my post, there is no need for ‘information’ (as I am using the word) to be correlated with true beliefs.
That’s the one.