From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:31:59 -0300, Ethan Carter wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  writes:   
   >   
   >> On 30 Mar 2025 14:32:46 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> |In spite of its superficial appeal, the limit frequency   
   >>> |interpretation has been widely discarded, primarily because there |is   
   >>> no assurance that the above limit really exists for the actual   
   >>> |sequences of events to which one wishes to apply probability |theory.   
   >>> |   
   >>> "Quantum Mechanics" (1998) - Leslie E. Ballentine   
   >>   
   >> Discarded or not, it’s the definition used in gambling. In other words,   
   >> people literally bet money on it.   
   >   
   > Discarded in its theoretical use, which is where the discussion is.  I   
   > think nearly nobody disputes how useful the limit-frequency   
   > interpretation is.   
      
   “The difference between theory and practice is, in theory there is no   
   difference, but in practice there is.”   
      
   I wonder who said that ... ?   
      
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