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If we are to speak about ontology, as opposed to efficient coding in communication channels, the most important symbol in (1) is not <math>p</math> f… - Julian Barbour
" "If we are to speak about ontology, as opposed to efficient coding in communication channels, the most important symbol in (1) is not <math>p</math> for probability but <math>i</math> for the thing, or configuration, that has the probability <math>p_i</math>.
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Julian Barbour (born in 1937) is a British physicist with research interests in quantum gravity and the history of science.
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