No, it makes sense to be surprised by the world—when that surprise is the sound of you updating to a theory that will be less surprised next time.
Pedantry codicil: information-theoretic surprise doesn’t always indicate that your model needs to be updated. I wasn’t expecting the lottery numbers to be what they were on Saturday.
No, it makes sense to be surprised by the world—when that surprise is the sound of you updating to a theory that will be less surprised next time.
Pedantry codicil: information-theoretic surprise doesn’t always indicate that your model needs to be updated. I wasn’t expecting the lottery numbers to be what they were on Saturday.