@titotal to SneerClubEnglish • 10 months agoSequence classic: "I don’t think you could get up to 99.99% confidence for assertions like “53 is a prime number.”www.lesswrong.comexternal-linkmessage-square18arrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkSequence classic: "I don’t think you could get up to 99.99% confidence for assertions like “53 is a prime number.”www.lesswrong.com@titotal to SneerClubEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square18
minus-square@swlabrlinkEnglish13•10 months agoI had 100% certainty that 53 was prime when I was 12. Does that mean I was smarter than Yud back then? (I may have become more stupid since learning about LW)
minus-square@bitofhopelinkEnglish10•10 months agoNo but what if it’s actually divisible by Theta Prime?
I had 100% certainty that 53 was prime when I was 12. Does that mean I was smarter than Yud back then? (I may have become more stupid since learning about LW)
No but what if it’s actually divisible by Theta Prime?