Vladimir_Nesov comments on The Most Important Thing You Learned - Less Wrong

13 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 February 2009 08:15PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 28 February 2009 01:49:46AM *  0 points [-]

Priors as Mathematical Objects: prior is not something arbitrary, a state of lack-of-knowledge, nor can sufficient evidence turn arbitrary prior into precise belief. Prior is the whole algorithm of what to do with evidence, and bad prior can easily turn evidence into stupidity.

P.S. I wonder if this post was downvoted exclusively because of Eliezer's administrative remark, and not because of its content.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 February 2009 02:00:51AM 1 point [-]

Vlad, if you're going to do this, at least do it as replies to your original comment!

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 28 February 2009 02:15:30AM *  1 point [-]

Right. I moved other comments under the original one.