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Re:Why it’s so hard to make a good Covid-19 model by used_noise on Thursday April 09, 2020 @03:15PM (#22826137)
Alice gives Bob a number, x, and tells Bob to calculate f(x), where f(x) is defined as the partial function with goedel index x applied to input x. She says that if or when Bob finishes, he should come bring her his answer and they'll get drinks together. Given parameter x, do Bob and Alice ever get drinks together?
Re:Why it’s so hard to make a good Covid-19 model by sgt101 on Thursday April 09, 2020 @06:50PM (#22828014)
Well, shit yus, because Bob has a dominant option to go and get Alice to have a drink if he has an answer or not. If Bob gets the answer Alice will be impressed. If he doesn't Alice like him anyway - so what's the odds? It's undecided what happens next.