Houshalter comments on Bayes' Theorem Illustrated (My Way) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 10 June 2010 04:30:08PM 0 points [-]

It would help if you read the links people give you. The situation you've named is essentially that in Pascal's Mugging.

Comment author: Houshalter 10 June 2010 05:10:20PM *  -2 points [-]

It would help if you read the links people give you. The situation you've named is essentially that in Pascal's Mugging.

Actually I did. Thats where I got it (after you linked it). And after reading all of that, I still can't find a universal solution to this problem.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 10 June 2010 05:23:26PM 3 points [-]

Ah. It seemed like you hadn't because rather than use the example there you used a very similar case. I don't know a universal solution either. But it should be clear that the problem exists for non-Bayesians so the dilemma isn't a problem with Bayesianism.