RobinZ comments on The Prediction Hierarchy - Less Wrong

21 Post author: RobinZ 19 January 2010 03:36AM

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Comment author: RobinZ 19 January 2010 12:17:10PM 1 point [-]

Let me be more precise: before you see anything wrong with your calculations, you have no real reason to expect locating an error in them to give you evidence of anything specific. Therefore, when doing your initial post-calculations, the prior probability is appropriate.

After you find an error in your calculations, you can usually fix the error in your calculations.