21 February 2010 - logic as statistics

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Foundational Paradoxes Solved by Shift of Basis Vector

Logic is just a special case of statistics, except for a few outliers like Russell’s Paradox.

clue:

Logical inference really can be cast as a form of statistical inference. Of course it’s usually thought of the other way around, with justification. But practical reasoning in the real world is more often statistical, so....

give me a clue so sweet and true

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