wedrifid comments on Knowledge value = knowledge quality × domain importance - Less Wrong

8 Post author: John_Maxwell_IV 16 April 2012 08:40AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 16 April 2012 04:55:11PM 3 points [-]

You use that expression a lot. How does Bayesian evidence differ from mere evidence?

In a certain sense the 'mere' goes the other way. Bayesian evidence includes things that many are in the habit of declaring 'not evidence'. Anecdotes for example. The color of the speaker's underpants. Just about everything.