PhilGoetz comments on Closet survey #1 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 15 March 2009 03:44:11PM 12 points [-]

You are saying that "being a Bayesian" describes a belief about how the mind works. That's like saying you're not a Calculian because you don't believe the mind natively uses calculus. Most Bayesians would probably say it's a belief about how to get the right answer to a problem.