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JenniferRM comments on The Quick Bayes Table - Less Wrong Discussion

33 Post author: farsan 18 April 2012 06:00PM

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Comment author: JenniferRM 18 April 2012 08:40:30PM 6 points [-]

I'm pretty sure I'm human, but I like bits better because they have a natural interpretation as the number of answers you've received to well crafted yes/no questions, which is something that a 10 year old can understand pretty easily.

Comment author: thomblake 18 April 2012 09:03:32PM 1 point [-]

I meant the math is easier. The same reason you multiply the log by 10 when using decibels - that way, you can talk about 11 decibels instead of 1.1, which would confuse and frighten people.