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lmm comments on XKCD - Frequentist vs. Bayesians - Less Wrong Discussion

18 Post author: brilee 09 November 2012 05:25AM

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Comment author: lmm 12 November 2012 07:43:06AM 0 points [-]

The person offering the bet still (presumably) wants to minimize their loss, so they would be more likely to offer it if the unknown occurrence was impossible than if it was certain.