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Re: [Phys-l] Wikipedia on Epistemology



Brian pointed to the Lottery Paradox from Wikipedia's article on Epistemology <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology> and Ron disposed of it easily and, IMO, correctly.

Looking at the original Wikipedia article, I was surprised to see the Lottery Paradox described as "a major problem for epistemologists ." Can that possibly be true? Sounds to me like the epistemology community needs a refresher course in probability!

John "Slo" Mallinckrodt

Professor of Physics, Cal Poly Pomona
<http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm>

and

Lead Guitarist, Out-Laws of Physics
<http://www.csupomona.edu/~hsleff/OoPs.html>