shminux comments on Rationality Quotes June 2014 - Less Wrong

9 Post author: Tyrrell_McAllister 01 June 2014 08:32PM

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Comment author: LizzardWizzard 27 June 2014 10:33:42AM 10 points [-]

Three Bayesians walk into a bar: a) what's the probability that this is a joke? b) what's the probability that one of the three is a Rabbi? c) given that one of the three is a Rabbi, what's the probability that this is a joke? (c)

According to the base rate there is an evidence that this is a joke about Russia national team or Suarez bite

Comment author: shminux 27 June 2014 05:08:12PM 3 points [-]

This seems to be the original source, as far as I can tell: https://twitter.com/rickasaurus/status/471930220782448641