tim comments on [LINK] XKCD Comic #1236, Seashells and Bayes' Theorem - Less Wrong

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Comment author: tim 10 July 2013 09:40:33PM 5 points [-]

I would imagine its because explaining your downvote (unless there is a particularly good reason) also decreases the signal to noise ratio.