komponisto comments on Inherited Improbabilities: Transferring the Burden of Proof - Less Wrong

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Comment author: komponisto 24 November 2010 07:24:40AM *  0 points [-]

This concern occurred to me; but consider: just how large does the likelihood ratio have to be for the evidence to be considered "strong"? Arguably, this depends on the prior probability (and thus the desired posterior probability) in the first place.

In any event, my hope is that the meanings of these vague verbal mnemonics are sufficiently clarified by the formulas.

ETA: Word "sufficiently" added to post.