Constantly bewailing on Nostr: “He had a Bayesian interpretation of probability (though he wouldn't have called it ...

“He had a Bayesian interpretation of probability (though he wouldn't have called it that). The world is deterministic, and we need probability only because we have incomplete information, thought Laplace.

“Is it a coincidence that Laplace was a staunch believer in determinism and had questionable character traits? It's reassuring to think that you're not responsible for your faults, that necessary causes made you do it.”

I’m a Laplace kind of idiot