SilasBarta comments on Rationality quotes: June 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SilasBarta 01 June 2010 06:54:05PM 4 points [-]

In Bayes/Pearl terminology, knowledge of an effect destroys the causes' independence (d-connects them), and ruling out a cause shifts probability onto the remaining causes.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 03 June 2010 06:22:10PM 1 point [-]

How does a Bayesian rule out a cause?