PhilGoetz comments on Using vs. evaluating (or, Why I don't come around here no more) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 21 January 2014 06:13:24PM *  2 points [-]

Assuming that I disagreed with you re. Bayesian statistics, our positions are symmetric--you believe I am overconfident, and I believe you are over-confident. I have a degree in math and have taught basic Bayesian statistics at a university, and used Bayesian statistics successfully to get correct results in computer programs many times, so I have some reason for my confidence. Have you made use of this information in re-evaluating your own confidence?

Comment author: Cyan 21 January 2014 06:23:05PM *  4 points [-]

You'd told me by PM that you'd carried out analyses using Bayesian methods, but when I asked you to give me a look at some, you (justifiably!) deemed it not worth your time to do so. So that part is incorporated into my picture of you. I didn't know about the math degree or teaching, but that info is in line with my current understanding of you, so it doesn't shift it.