Re: Just one message on random variables

Denver Dash (denver@ii.pb.bialystok.pl)
Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:57:14 +0200 (MET DST)

On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote:

> Paul Krause wrote:
>
> > My claim is (provisionally, I don't wish to be dogmatic) that a
> > probability is best viewed as a property of the world, and not of a
> > person.
>
> Probabilities may be *derived* from properties of the world, given a
> particular state of knowledge. But there is still a dependence on that
> state of knowledge. To repeat what I said before:
>
> I challenge you to show me a probability that is an actual physical
> property, and not just a statement of one's state of knowledge.

Why isn't "the probability of a coin landing heads marginalized over all
possible initial conditions" a property of the coin?

Denver.