SilasBarta comments on So You Think You're a Bayesian? The Natural Mode of Probabilistic Reasoning - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Sniffnoy 15 July 2010 08:18:11PM 1 point [-]

I generally think of "and" and "or" in the strict senses, but, by the same token, I get really annoyed when I use the word "or" (which, in English, is ambiguous about whether it is meant in the exclusive or inclusive sense) and people say "yes" or "true".

People actually do that when not trying to be annoying? That's surprising.

Comment author: SilasBarta 15 July 2010 08:29:30PM *  0 points [-]

Yeah, I would say "both" or "yes, it could be either" depending on what I meant. I also use "and/or" whenever I mean the inclusive or, though that's frowned on in formal writing.