Perplexed comments on How Much Evidence Does It Take? - Less Wrong

34 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 September 2007 04:06AM

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Comment author: AlexMennen 23 March 2011 04:39:30AM 3 points [-]

I will say, though, that your comment is the first time I have seen the word "evidence" used by a Bayesian for anything other than a log odds ratio.

Eliezer used it to mean log probability in the section that I quoted. That was what I was complaining about.

Comment author: Perplexed 23 March 2011 04:55:04AM 0 points [-]

Ok, I think you are misinterpreting, but I see what you mean. When EY writes:

...I have transmitted three bits of information to you, because I informed you of an outcome whose probability was 1/8.

I take this as illustrating the definition of bits in general, rather than bits of 'evidence'. But, yes, I agree with you now that placing that explanation in a paragraph with that lead sentence promising a definition of 'evidence' - well it definitely could have been written more clearly.

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