titotal@awful.systems to SneerClub@awful.systems • 10 months agoSequence classic: "I don’t think you could get up to 99.99% confidence for assertions like “53 is a prime number.”external-linkmessage-square12 fedilinkarrow-up113
arrow-up113external-linkSequence classic: "I don’t think you could get up to 99.99% confidence for assertions like “53 is a prime number.”titotal@awful.systems to SneerClub@awful.systems • 10 months agomessage-square12 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareswlabr@awful.systemshexbear9·10 months agoI had 100% certainty that 53 was prime when I was 12. Does that mean I was smarter than Yud back then? (I may have become more stupid since learning about LW) linkfedilink
minus-squarebitofhope@awful.systemshexbear8·10 months agoNo but what if it's actually divisible by Theta Prime? linkfedilink
I had 100% certainty that 53 was prime when I was 12. Does that mean I was smarter than Yud back then? (I may have become more stupid since learning about LW)
No but what if it's actually divisible by Theta Prime?