titotal@awful.systems to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year 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-square18fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-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.comtitotal@awful.systems to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareswlabr@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year 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-squarebitofhope@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year 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?