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by neuigkeiten 4101 days ago
Maybe we can solve this via a monte carlo simulation?

Create random worlds with random object categories that have random color distribution.

Then let two agents experience one object after another and make assumptions about the object categories.

One agent will only take into account objects of the same category. So he will only learn about ravens when he sees a raven.

The other agent will take into account all objects to learn about every category.

Then measure which agent makes the better assumptions.

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Monte Carlo simulations are approximations, not complete knowledge of all things. This is, for obvious reasons, why these 'paradoxes' are bullshit. There's not enough energy in the universe to observe all black things. That's the real paradox here.