Vive-ut-Vivas comments on Bayes' Theorem Illustrated (My Way) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vive-ut-Vivas 04 June 2010 07:13:57PM 5 points [-]

What if it's not a false belief? It's alot different from "2+2=3" or "the world is flat". Why? Because you can prove those things correct or incorrect.

The extremely low prior probability and the total lack of evidence allow us, as Bayesians, to dismiss it as false. Taboo the word "proof", because it's not useful to us in this context.