On Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 6:21:29 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
classical probability due to lack of knowledge -- nothing quantum about it > > Bruce > Even before QM came on the scene, there were competing and differing ideas of probability, including "knowledge-independent" (3.): https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/probability-interpret/ Broadly speaking, there are arguably three main concepts of probability: 1. An epistemological concept, which is meant to measure objective evidential support relations. For example, “in light of the relevant seismological and geological data, California will *probably* experience a major earthquake this decade”. 2. The concept of an agent’s degree of confidence, a graded belief. For example, “I am not sure that it will rain in Canberra this week, but it *probably* will.” 3. A physical concept that applies to various systems in the world, independently of what anyone thinks. For example, “a particular radium atom will *probably* decay within 10,000 years”. 3. is present in Epicurus to C. S. Peirce. @philipthrift -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/319ab1e6-9979-454e-94ca-b7422e4bd49e%40googlegroups.com.
