Eugine_Nier comments on Stranger Than History - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 30 March 2014 03:49:51AM 0 points [-]

But this is very far from the truth. In the Obama-Bush example, there is more than enough evidence on the public record to swamp any racially determined prior.

In principal, yes. In practice there is also so much noise put out by spin doctors that it might very well make sense to fall back on the prior.