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by deltaonefour 1515 days ago
> it makes clear that frequentists are also able to use the “more right” probability instead of the “more wrong” probability when they know more.

I shouldn't have used the word "more wrong." A more accurate model is the better term. Similar to how general relativity is more accurate then classical mechanics.

>Sure. But the meaning no longer includes “as far as we know”

The definition of any model including entropy doesn't include as far as we know. And usage of any model less accurate or more accurate isn't exclusively based on that phrase.

Less accurate models are used all the time and they summarize details that the more accurate models fail to show. In fact all of analytics is based off aggregations which essentially lose detail and accuracy as data is processed. But the output of this data, however less fine grained summarizes an "average" that is otherwise invisible in the more detailed model.

Entropy is the same thing, it is a summary of the system. Greater knowledge of the system doesn't mean you discard the summary as useless.