Sniffnoy comments on Taking Ideas Seriously - Less Wrong

51 Post author: Will_Newsome 13 August 2010 04:50PM

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Comment author: Sniffnoy 29 August 2010 08:26:56PM 2 points [-]

I don't think that statement makes sense; you seem to be mixing levels - the prior is a distribution over how the world could actually be, not over other distributions. It shouldn't make sense to speak of your prior's confidence in itself.