Cosmos comments on No Universal Probability Space - Less Wrong

0 Post author: gworley 06 May 2009 02:58AM

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Comment author: AdeleneDawner 06 May 2009 08:44:38AM 1 point [-]

This sounds just like something I've always wondered about: the percentages they give in weather reports, for likelihood of rain. Does '30% chance of rain' mean that they estimate a 30% chance of getting any rain, or that they think it'll rain for 30% of the day, or what?

Comment author: Cosmos 06 May 2009 02:40:12PM 1 point [-]

I thought this was based off of historical data, although I don't remember the source and could easily be wrong.

If I am not wrong, it should be interpreted as: "It has rained 30% of the time we have had similar weather conditions in the past."