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Re:Mathematical Patterns That Eventually Fail by westoncb on Saturday September 22, 2018 @06:10PM (#18048282)
That's a pretty interesting quote. Can anyone provide some more context for it?
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Re:Mathematical Patterns That Eventually Fail by unsung on Saturday September 22, 2018 @07:50PM (#18048622)
He was talking about some of the limits of just inferring that repeated behavior is induced ad infinitum. He talks about it more. [0]

[0] www.personal.kent.edu/~rmuhamma/Philosophy/RBwritings/ProbPhiloBook/chap-VI.htm

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Re:Mathematical Patterns That Eventually Fail by whatshisface on Saturday September 22, 2018 @10:45PM (#18049110)
The decision to wring the chicken's neck was made by a brain that did not repeat its state even a single time.
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Re:Mathematical Patterns That Eventually Fail by dwaltrip on Sunday September 23, 2018 @01:58AM (#18049608)
I took it to emphasize how all models are approximations and thus may fail in surprising ways.
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Re:Mathematical Patterns That Eventually Fail by csp256 on Saturday September 22, 2018 @07:38PM (#18048587)
He was a pretty smart guy who said some smart things.
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