Thanks, yes! I.e. who is this “everyone else,” and where do they treat it the same way Jaynes does? I’m not aware of any examples, but I have only a basic knowledge of probability theory.
It’s certainly possible that this approach is common, but Jaynes wasn’t ignorant, and he seemed to think it was a new and unusual and maybe controversial idea, so I kind of doubt it.
Also, I should say that I have no dog in this fight at all; I’m not advocating “Jaynes is the greatest thing since sliced bread”, for example. (Although that does seem to be the opinion of some LW writers.)
Thanks, yes! I.e. who is this “everyone else,” and where do they treat it the same way Jaynes does? I’m not aware of any examples, but I have only a basic knowledge of probability theory.
It’s certainly possible that this approach is common, but Jaynes wasn’t ignorant, and he seemed to think it was a new and unusual and maybe controversial idea, so I kind of doubt it.
Also, I should say that I have no dog in this fight at all; I’m not advocating “Jaynes is the greatest thing since sliced bread”, for example. (Although that does seem to be the opinion of some LW writers.)