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

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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 17 April 2012 09:03:02AM *  2 points [-]

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

I'm pretty sure by "Bayesian evidence" he means rational evidence (which is to say, the set that contains all kinds of evidence), rather than legal evidence (the subset of rational evidence that is admissible in a court of law), scientific evidence (the subset of rational evidence that meets certain publication requirements for scientific journals), etc...