Unknowns comments on Bead Jar Guesses - Less Wrong

17 Post author: Alicorn 04 May 2009 06:59PM

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Comment author: Unknowns 30 May 2013 06:47:52PM 0 points [-]

My comment assigns to a probability to updating upwards or downwards in a generic way when new information is given; your comment calculates based on "if you're given the information of which jar you're looking at", which is more concrete. You could also be given other information which would make it more likely you're looking at B.