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25. Evidence before representation

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A device displays a bit. A reasoner learns to predict that display perfectly, including what happens when a permitted switch is pressed. It still may not know which physical bit the display describes. The code linking the display to the physical state could be reversed. A second, equally accurate reasoner might use the opposite internal convention. Prediction is real, yet the interpretation remains underdetermined.