tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post8074972475685807195..comments2024-03-27T20:37:09.185-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: A curiosityAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-57004158265442360912013-05-03T14:22:19.693-05:002013-05-03T14:22:19.693-05:00Aren't the unconditional probabilities all 0? ...Aren't the unconditional probabilities all 0? We just can't accept (using the exclusive 'or') that p(P1 or P2 or ...) = p(P1) + p(P2) + ... , if there are infinitely many items in the series P1, P2, ... .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251565524682589544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-74619400265584567562013-05-03T14:21:05.149-05:002013-05-03T14:21:05.149-05:00Nevermind, I misread the greater-than-or-equal-to/...Nevermind, I misread the greater-than-or-equal-to/lesser-than-or-equal-to as a greater-than/lesser-than symbol. My bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-51667821740075465132013-05-03T14:19:25.634-05:002013-05-03T14:19:25.634-05:00Hold on, "After pressing the button once, you...Hold on, "After pressing the button once, you know that L≥x1"<br /><br />I suppose that means that "pressing a button generates a natural number between 1 and L" is meant to be read as, pressing a button generates a natural number between 1 and L, including 1 and excluding L?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com