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Comment author: faul_sname 14 February 2012 12:05:25AM 14 points [-]

Perhaps I am the sort of guy who has a Jones for green-eyed, black-haired girls.

Then [green eyes], [girl], and [black hair] are positively correlated with [has a Jones for]. Which is a valid Bayesian inference.