0 And 1 Are Not Probabilities — LessWrong
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One, two, and three are all integers, and so is negative four. If you keep counting up, or keep counting down, you’re bound to encounter a whole lot…
x 0 And 1 Are Not Probabilities — LessWrong Overly Convenient Excuses Probability & Statistics Frontpage 132 0 And 1 Are Not Probabilities by Eliezer Yudkowsky 10th Jan 2008 5 min read 149 132 One, two, and three are all integers, and so is negative four. If you keep counting up, or keep counting down, you’re bound to encounter a whole lot more integers. You will not, however, encounter anything called “positive infinity” or “negative infinity,” so these are not integers. Positive and negative infinity are not integers, but rather special symbols for talking about the behavior of integers. Peo
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