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mr_mitm06/16/20251 replyview on HN

Please communicate in full sentences with me.

I can only guess that your objection is something about probabilities. A microstate has a probability independent of my knowledge of the system just like the probability of having a royal flush doesn't change after drawing five cards. The probability of me ending the game with a royal flush might, but that is not what we mean by these probabilities.


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kgwgk06/16/2025

The same microstate will have different probabilities depending on what are the constraints or measurements used in _your_ description of the system.

If you choose to describe the system using its microstate - and you know it - there are no probabilities anywhere.

You can of course know something and choose to ignore it - the entropy is still a reflection of the uncertainty (actual or for the sake of a lower-resolution model).

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