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...
@tipsfromkatee But that is a trivial class of problems, as is proven by the fact that the complete theory is "divide the two numbers".
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@Meaningness it doesn't matter how "trivial" it is if people get it grossly wrong a lot -
@tipsfromkatee Yes, agreed again on this point! - 11 more replies
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@Meaningness as i've argued here before, most of the point is in what variables the equation uses and broad features of the functional formThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness there are infinite variables that bayes' theorem says should not factor into one's beliefs at all (e.g. preferences)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness in that sense, it is infinitely informative :-pThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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