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Re:My IQ by jmpeax on Sunday November 04, 2012 @04:54PM (#4741222)
I think in this case simplicity does reveal the answer. I would put 30 because the sequence becomes a repeating sequences of 31, 30. Answering 28 requires making the assumption that the sequence of numbers represent days of the month, which has a higher information entropy making the sequence less simple.
Re:My IQ by dwd on Sunday November 04, 2012 @06:34PM (#4741519)
29 would be more valid in a leap year - so calendar days is far from simple and unambiguous.
Re:My IQ by temac on Sunday November 04, 2012 @06:36PM (#4741524)
Could you develop on how to mesure the information entropy in an absolute way?
Re:My IQ by ShardPhoenix on Sunday November 04, 2012 @09:48PM (#4742042)
Re:My IQ by temac on Saturday November 10, 2012 @10:02PM (#4768636)
Given the incomputability of Kolmogorov complexity, this concept is not usable as an absolute mesure.