Augie Andrew Côté Yann LeCun You can say the same thing again, that doesn't increase the amount of information you're conveying. Why is the month 'most informative' and in which contexts?

If we arrange to meet to discuss this further, is 'April' more informative than 'the 21st'?

Mark Rendle 🇺🇦 Andrew Côté Yann LeCun Yes

Augie Andrew Côté Yann LeCun I just thought of this:

If I tell you I will be giving away $10 million at noon one day this year if you meet me at Grand Central Station, would you rather know the month (August) or the day (the 3rd)?

Mark Rendle 🇺🇦 Andrew Côté Yann LeCun Again, bad example for your argument, because it only works if you limit the timeframe to 1 year, as you already did.

If it’s 2-12 years, then I’d rather know the month.

If it’s 13+ years, or unknown, then I’d rather know the year.

There are cases where year or day is most…

Augie Andrew Côté Yann LeCun Again with “most informative.” It’s nonsense. I don’t know if you thought of it or you read it somewhere, but it’s just confirmation bias. You think it’s a great argument because it supports your pre-existing belief that you were raised with…

Mark Rendle 🇺🇦 Andrew Côté Yann LeCun And yet you struggle to come up with a counterexample or even a counterargument.

Time to move on.

Augie Andrew Côté Yann LeCun Fine, here’s a counter argument: the day is most frequently the most informative bit.

Just as good an “argument” as yours. As in, shit.

Mark Rendle 🇺🇦 Andrew Côté Yann LeCun That’s a conclusion, not an argument.

Augie Andrew Côté Yann LeCun No, it isn’t. The day is the most precise and therefore the most informative bit. Prove that wrong.

Augie Andrew Côté Yann LeCun And it blocked me.

Mark Rendle 🇺🇦 Augie Andrew Côté Yann LeCun I'm just lol'ing looking at how this thread started.