fubarobfusco comments on Open Thread, May 1-14, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 14 May 2013 03:41:24AM 1 point [-]

Bayesian probabilistic reasoning is the unique (up to isomorphism) generalization of Aristotelian (two-valued) logic to reasoning about uncertainty. You can't throw it out without inconsistency.

Comment author: [deleted] 14 May 2013 08:21:18AM -1 points [-]

I never tried to. I know exactly how Bayes' Theorem is mathematically derived and I won't try to contest that.