komponisto comments on Open Thread: January 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: komponisto 05 January 2010 12:18:56PM *  3 points [-]

Amen. Amen-issimo.

The solution, of course, is for the Bayesian view to become widespread enough that it doesn't end up identified particularly with Jaynes. The parts of Jaynes that are correct -- the important parts -- should be said by many other people in many other places, so that Jaynes can eventually be regarded as a brilliant eccentric who just by historical accident happened to be among the first to say these things.

There's no reason that David Hilbert shouldn't have been a Bayesian. None.