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TimS comments on Thinking Bayesianically, with Lojban - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: DataPacRat 24 January 2012 06:47PM

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Comment author: TimS 25 January 2012 03:51:38AM *  5 points [-]

As a lawyer, I want to say that "preponderance of the evidence" is satisfied by the theory that is most likely given the evidence presented. It's fancy talk for "we can't both lose."

Edit: 50% plus epsilon satisfies the legal standard "preponderance of the evidence"