RobertLumley comments on Bayesian analysis under threat in British courts - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RobertLumley 03 October 2011 04:34:12PM 2 points [-]

Invented by an 18th-century English mathematician, Thomas Bayes,

"Invented"?

Comment author: [deleted] 04 October 2011 12:18:30AM 7 points [-]

It's common to say mathematicians "invented" certain techniques, especially when the result is constructive (in the sense that an explicit thing is built, not in the technical sense).