Edwin Thompson Jaynes quotes

Edwin Thompson Jaynes quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“It was our use of probability theory as logic that has enabled us to do so easily what was impossible for those who thought of probability as a physical phenomenon associated with "randomness". Quite the opposite; we have thought of probability distributions as carriers of information.”
-- Edwin Thompson Jaynes

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“In any field, the Establishment is seldom in pursuit of the truth, because it is composed of those who sincerely believe that they are already in possession of it.”
-- Edwin Thompson Jaynes

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