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I'm confused also. I think they may mean something like "empirically not the optimal prior we can use with a small amount of computation" but that doesn't seem consistent with how it is being used.
I'm not even sure that makes sense since if this is based on empirical observations, presumable there was some prior prior that was updated based on those observations.
Well, they could be using a set of distinct priors (say 5 or 6 of them) and then noting over time which set required less major updating in general, but I don't think this is what is going on either. We may need to just wait for Baughn to clarify what they meant.