No, just a random alien that (1) I encountered and (2) asked me a question.
The two conditions above restrict enormously the general class of “possible” random aliens. Every condition that restricts possibilities brings information, though I can’t see a way of properly encoding this information as a prior about the answer to said question.
[ETA:] Note that I don’t necessarily accept cousin_it’s assertion, I just state my interpretation of it.
No, just a random alien that (1) I encountered and (2) asked me a question.
The two conditions above restrict enormously the general class of “possible” random aliens. Every condition that restricts possibilities brings information, though I can’t see a way of properly encoding this information as a prior about the answer to said question.
[ETA:] Note that I don’t necessarily accept cousin_it’s assertion, I just state my interpretation of it.