Nick_Hay2 comments on Conservation of Expected Evidence - Less Wrong
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One reason is Cox's theorem, which shows any quantitative measure of plausibility must obey the axioms of probability theory. Then this result, conservation of expected evidence, is a theorem.
What is the "confidence level"? Why is 50% special here?