Richardthughes
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Joined: Jan. 2006
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| Quote (Bob O'H @ April 29 2015,15:04) | You know how we complain that IDists redefine words and concepts (e.g. their abuses of 'information')? Well, in his ENV piece Ewert manages the best one yet:
| Quote | | However, all that we mean by search is a process that can be represented as a probability distribution. That means that all processes reducible to chance and necessity qualify as searches. |
So, if I roll a die, that's a search!
If I roll 20 dice (chance) and sum the results (necessity), that's also a search. And what's more, it has scads of active information! |
"You roll a one. Your sword of Tard misses the science monster by some margin. It was so pathetic he's not even angry at you, choosing to laugh instead."
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