jsalvatier comments on Against improper priors - Less Wrong

2 Post author: DanielLC 26 July 2011 11:50PM

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Comment author: jsalvatier 27 July 2011 07:31:06PM 0 points [-]

I am also confused. More specifically, improper priors are priors that integrate to infinity and thus cannot be normalized.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 28 July 2011 01:51:05AM 0 points [-]

That's almost the definition, except that improper priors are not priors.
Is that your confusion?

Comment author: jsalvatier 28 July 2011 03:06:26AM 0 points [-]

No, I mean I share your confusion that the rest of the conversation appeared reasonable given the incorrect definition in the post.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 28 July 2011 04:28:33AM 0 points [-]

Sorry. Probably part of the miscommunication is that I used "confused" to describe Daniel LC and "surprised" to describe myself.