The only way evidence is used is that criticisms may refer to it.
Please reread what Jim wrote. You seem to be in agreement with his statement that evidence is used.
I’m not trying to figure out math, I’m trying to discuss the philosophical issues.
Unfortunately, they are interrelated. There’s a general pattern here: some people (such as Jaynes and Yudkowsky) are using math as part of their philosophy. In the process of that they are making natural language summaries and interpretations of those claims. You are taking those natural language statements as if that was all they had to say and then trying to apply your intuition of on ill-defined natural language statements rather than read those natural language statements in the context of the formalisms and math they care about. You can’t divorce the math from the philosophy.
The only way evidence is used is that criticisms may refer to it.
I’m not trying to figure out math, I’m trying to discuss the philosophical issues.
Please reread what Jim wrote. You seem to be in agreement with his statement that evidence is used.
Unfortunately, they are interrelated. There’s a general pattern here: some people (such as Jaynes and Yudkowsky) are using math as part of their philosophy. In the process of that they are making natural language summaries and interpretations of those claims. You are taking those natural language statements as if that was all they had to say and then trying to apply your intuition of on ill-defined natural language statements rather than read those natural language statements in the context of the formalisms and math they care about. You can’t divorce the math from the philosophy.