Re: foundations of relational theory?
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:51:47 -0700
Message-ID: <7Czlb.35$UP3.188_at_news.oracle.com>
"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in message
news:K5mdnVW6QOnLJwuiU-KYuA_at_golden.net...
> One can measure and quantify simplicity and complexity. Feeling plays no
part in
> forming a valid conclusion.
It's fundamentally impossible to have a compexity measure for finite objects. A sequence
11111111111111111111111111111111111111111
is no simpler than
10100110110101011101010101010101010101111
Martin-Lefs definition of random sequence applies to infinite sequences only.
Therefore, simplicity and complexity is about belief. I believe that this guy, who pulled of 4 aces in a row, is a con master, and I can't support my belief with any rational explanation. (Probability argument doesn't work: 1000 digits long sequence consisting of 1s only have the same probability as any other 1000 digits long sequence).
Likewise, I believe that Pick database is not worth of my attention. It has no credible intellectuals backing it up, it's a tiny niche, its mathematically noninteresting. Received on Wed Oct 22 2003 - 19:51:47 CEST