My theory is a form of probabilism,
woops.
I would like to point out however
that in my post "what up with probabilism" i explain what i thought
probabilism was:
"Probabilism just isn't
explanatory and doesn’t really justify its probabilistic prediction. Why would
dividing observed cases by possible cases produce a percentage which is
reliable? Fuck knows, I don’t even think they know. Do you know?"
No one corrected me or infact
commented at all.
Secondly, I commented on
jonos FIRST response that my theory relys on a probabilistic principle.
"yes a probabilistic
principle is assumed in both predictions. This principle is the argument stated
at the top of my last post... "
The response to which should have
been "sam, you silly goose, any theory which relys on a probabilistic
principle is probabilism."
This kind of point could have
saved us alot of time. Anyway let’s move forward :)
Jonos objection seems to be the
contradiction of the following two claims:
1. 'denying probability can be assigned concerning POTENTIAL
occurance'
2. Just because the ACTUAL probabilities are unknown, that
does not rule out using probability to pick the option with more possibilities
as you say.
By “denying that probability can be
assigned to potential occurances” I only mean that the actual probabilities are
unknown.
By “using probability to pick the
option with more probability” I only mean that my theory applies the
probabilistic argument stated initially
I can apply my probabilistic
argument to such cases where the actual probabilities are unknown. No contradiction
occurs.
I would like to bring your
attention to “J: response to S’s rigged die scenario”
You say “All I know is, guessing
that it will land on a number higher than 1 contains 5 out of the 6 possible
outcomes, while guessing 1 contains 1 out of 6 possible outcomes. Therefore it
is more reasonable (you say reasonable, but whether it be reasonable probable, i dont care, take your pick)”
By the same logic can you not say “it
is more reasonable to guess that the pattern will continue at least once, than
it is reasonable to guess that the pattern will cease”
If so, then the theory works does it not.
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