JoshuaZ comments on Hearsay, Double Hearsay, and Bayesian Updates - Less Wrong

47 Post author: Mass_Driver 16 February 2012 10:31PM

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 15 February 2012 05:12:26AM 7 points [-]

That's not a great system. The numbers aren't necessarily going to be the same from case to case, and having actual numbers in real life that don't come from very careful evaluations can easily lead to the illusion of precision where it doesn't exist.