Probabilities are not the right concept — LessWrong
Introduction This sequence is an attempt to sketch a unified framework for several interconnected questions: Where do Bayesian priors come from? What…
x Probabilities are not the right concept — LessWrong Probabilities and Infinities Anthropics Probabilistic Reasoning Solomonoff induction World Modeling Frontpage 88 Probabilities are not the right concept by David Matolcsi 23rd May 2026 18 min read 30 88 Introduction This sequence is an attempt to sketch a unified framework for several interconnected questions: Where do Bayesian priors come from? What even are probabilities? How should we deal with infinite ethics? What's going on with anthropics? I hope to lay out both some of the existing answers and my own preferred synthesis. [1] I under
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