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David Chapman ‏@Meaningness 4 Aug 2013

Three people now have explained to me that "Bayesian" doesn't mean Bayesian, it means thinking clearly. Or being hip. Or not an idiot. OK...

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    1. Gap Of Gods ‏@GapOfGods 4 Aug 2013

      @Meaningness even if this meaning differs from the usual "advocate or user of methods that use bayes' theorem in a formal manner" meaning

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    3. David Chapman ‏@Meaningness 4 Aug 2013

      @tipsfromkatee My informants suggest that the meaning (in the lw context) is much broader than that. They may be mistaken...

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    5. Gap Of Gods ‏@GapOfGods 4 Aug 2013

      @Meaningness ...your informants are mistaken if they say the real meaning in the lw context is much broader

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    7. David Chapman ‏@Meaningness 4 Aug 2013

      @tipsfromkatee Yes, well, I was skeptical too! :-) But I still don't see how you can apply Bayes in any but a few narrow situations.

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    8. Gap Of Gods ‏@GapOfGods 4 Aug 2013

      @Meaningness the point isn't always to apply it, but to use it as a framework to think about what one does apply

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    10. Gap Of Gods ‏@GapOfGods 4 Aug 2013

      @Meaningness e.g. one doesn't use quantum field theory to predict the motion of ordinary objects, but any shortcuts one uses to predict...

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    12. Gap Of Gods ‏@GapOfGods 4 Aug 2013

      @Meaningness ...such motion must yield accurate results in any universe described (on a much deeper level) by quantum field theory

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    14. David Chapman ‏@Meaningness 4 Aug 2013

      @tipsfromkatee , but Bayesianism is <1% of a theory of understanding.

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    1. Mindful Beginner ‏@MindfulBeginner 4 Aug 2013

      @Meaningness Bayesian as in P(A|B)=P(B|A).P(A)/P(B) ??? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes'_theorem …

      Translated from Indonesian by Bing

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    2. David Chapman ‏@Meaningness 4 Aug 2013

      .@MindfulBeginner Yes, except some people make a religion out of it. Bizarre, isn't it??

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    4. St. Rev. Dr. Rev ‏@St_Rev 4 Aug 2013

      @Meaningness @MindfulBeginner I mean I get the adoration of thousands already of course but that doesn't buy cat food

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    5. David Chapman ‏@Meaningness 4 Aug 2013

      @St_Rev @MindfulBeginner You need an impressive hat, and to talk very slowly in a deep, gentle, patronizing voice.

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    7. Rin'dzin Pamo ‏@Awbery 4 Aug 2013

      @Meaningness @St_Rev @MindfulBeginner He's got an impressive hat already. It's got a red bow.

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    8. David Chapman ‏@Meaningness 4 Aug 2013

      @Awbery @St_Rev @MindfulBeginner Does it have gravitas? You got to have gravitas to be financially successful in the religion business.

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    9. Rin'dzin Pamo ‏@Awbery 4 Aug 2013

      @meaningness @St_Rev @MindfulBeginner Any hat that levitates has gravitas.

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    10. St. Rev. Dr. Rev ‏@St_Rev 4 Aug 2013

      @Awbery @Meaningness @MindfulBeginner or antigravitas

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    1. Gap Of Gods ‏@GapOfGods 4 Aug 2013

      @Meaningness my priors say that people generally don't argue that bayesianism means being hip

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    2. David Chapman ‏@Meaningness 4 Aug 2013

      @tipsfromkatee That's my etic summary of the emic explanation :-)

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    1. St. Rev. Dr. Rev ‏@St_Rev 4 Aug 2013

      @Meaningness Most religious adherents have no idea what their religion actually claims to be about. So what actually makes a religion?

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    2. David Chapman ‏@Meaningness 4 Aug 2013

      .@St_Rev The emic/etic distinction is relevant: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emic_and_etic … An etic analysis of Bayesianism... Fun but shooting fish in a barrel.

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