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Show HN: Epistemic Physics: Bayesian Special Relativity

https://raia.fun/blog/ep-001-bayesian-special-relativity

hihi hn! i made a blog post describing my framework for how to connect epistemology, statistics, physics, and other fields together! the gist of it is you treat probability as relativistic velocity, and evidence as spacetime.

the post is completely and painstakingly handwritten, though i used ai for the interactive demos, some double checking, and some brainstorming.

let me know what you think! i welcome corrections, suggestions, and comments, though the commenting system on my blog is untested (might be better to comment here on hn)

also i know some people probably won't like the font flair; feel free to click the a/A button in the top right corner (or in the right menu on mobile) to switch it to normal caps

if my blog goes down i archived it here https://web.archive.org/web/20260915142755/https://raia.fun/...

( 2 comments | 2 points | on HN )
Re:Show HN: Epistemic Physics: Bayesian Special Relativity by viamiraia on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @11:18AM (#49713877)
please note there's precedence https://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath216/kmath216.htm

the difference is i approach it through the lens of evidence, allowing more insights and connections.

Re:Show HN: Epistemic Physics: Bayesian Special Relativity by viamiraia on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @11:08AM (#49713703)
also, bonus connections: kl divergence is the ln of the lorentz factor (log(gamma)), the Bhattacharyya coeeficient is 1/gamma, and Jeffreys divergence is velocity times rapidity!