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Caspian comments on Log-odds (or logits) - Less Wrong Discussion

20 Post author: brilee 28 November 2011 01:11AM

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Comment author: Caspian 11 March 2012 02:29:40AM 0 points [-]

It's a good article for learning about log odds, but I disagree with some of the justification. Yes it is easy to say something has a 110% chance of working, but a nonsensical lie like this is better than a plausible lie which may trick you into believing it.