PhilGoetz comments on Metauncertainty - Less Wrong

17 Post author: jimmy 10 April 2009 11:41PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 10 April 2009 11:50:20PM *  1 point [-]

If you are unsure what probability to state, state this with... another probability distribution.

Actually, this is probably always the more correct thing to do. What you're calling a "probability distribution over probabilities" or a "metaprobability distribution" is a probability distribution.