[PRL] How to know you know

[Vasileios Koutavas]

"The only thing I know [for sure] is my ignorance [on a subject]" -- 
Socrates

Vassilis


Dave Herman wrote:
> Hm. This suggests a probabilistic liar's paradox:
>
>      90% of this statement is false.
>
> Dave
>
> Mitchell Wand wrote:
>   
>> On Nov 28, 2007 2:05 PM, William D Clinger <will at ccs.neu.edu 
>> <mailto:will at ccs.neu.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>     Greg Pettyjohn wrote:
>>      > OK then, I suppose that eventually you will discover that 90% of
>>      > _what_you've_written_yourself_ is also bullshit.
>>
>>     Sure.  The problem is to figure out which 90%.
>>
>>     Will
>>
>>
>> Exactly right.  And it is absolutely true that 90% of what you've 
>> written yourself is bullshit, at least at sufficiently long time scales.
>>
>> --Mitch
>>
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