byrnema comments on Beauty quips, "I'd shut up and multiply!" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: byrnema 08 May 2010 01:13:32PM 1 point [-]

Why was this comment down-voted so low? (I rarely ask, but this time I can't guess.) Is it too basic math? If people are going to argue whether 1/3 or 1/2, I think it is useful to know their debating about two different probabilities: the probability of heads or the probability of heads given an awakening.