I keep saying that your question does not make sense to me, and never claim that my interpretation must be universal, keep asking you to clarify your question, yet you do not.
I don’t see that in your first comment addressing my question. Reproduced below:
Isn’t minimizing prediction error a form of pattern matching?
Not necessarily. There seems to be a category error in your question: “minimizing prediction error” = task, “pattern matching” = algorithm. Multiple algorithms could potentially be used for the same task (particularly in case you are just trying your best at an approximate solution, or if evolution is doing the best it is able to blindly stumble upon). For example, if you have a good model, you can use it to minimize prediction errors analytically.
If you intended to point to the replies after this, nothing said afterwards could retroactively nullify or preempt the prior claims (‘There seems to be a category error in your question’) presented in the initial reply. You have to explicitly retract the prior claims.
Because the usual custom in discussions is to address points as they were presented chronologically, unless announced otherwise beforehand.
Okay, my point still stands as it’s common knowledge. If you don’t wish to follow the usual rule of addressing claims as they appear then consider announcing it next time at the beginning of a discussion before time is spent.
P.S. and it’s ironic given the title of your post—seems you truly do not know the difference between noise and information, as you insist on discussing the noise, rather than trying to filter it out in pursuit of information.
If you plan to waste people’s time by insisting on pedantically addressing each disagreement, no matter how insignificant, to death, in chronological order, rather then following the more LW standard convention of making an effort to quickly arrive at the crux of any disagreement, announce it first in your post before people spend time engaging with your posts.
I don’t see that in your first comment addressing my question. Reproduced below:
If you intended to point to the replies after this, nothing said afterwards could retroactively nullify or preempt the prior claims (‘There seems to be a category error in your question’) presented in the initial reply. You have to explicitly retract the prior claims.
Because the usual custom in discussions is to address points as they were presented chronologically, unless announced otherwise beforehand.
Sorry, I do not believe continuing this “conversation” is a productive use of my time.
Okay, my point still stands as it’s common knowledge. If you don’t wish to follow the usual rule of addressing claims as they appear then consider announcing it next time at the beginning of a discussion before time is spent.
P.S. and it’s ironic given the title of your post—seems you truly do not know the difference between noise and information, as you insist on discussing the noise, rather than trying to filter it out in pursuit of information.
If you plan to waste people’s time by insisting on pedantically addressing each disagreement, no matter how insignificant, to death, in chronological order, rather then following the more LW standard convention of making an effort to quickly arrive at the crux of any disagreement, announce it first in your post before people spend time engaging with your posts.
That was the prior claim.
After making two replies to my one comment, you seem to now believe the opposite?
Changing positions and/or claims after every comment seems to indicate a more fundamental issue.
As a word of advice, contradicting your own last stated claim so obviously is highly damaging to credibility.
If you don’t intend to actually leave a conversation then try not to claim the opposite.