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Will_Newsome comments on Personal Evidence - Superstitions as Rational Beliefs - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: OrphanWilde 22 March 2013 05:24PM

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 22 March 2013 10:00:12PM 0 points [-]

Whence your prior?

Comment author: James_Miller 23 March 2013 12:34:07AM 10 points [-]

If either a ghost or sociopath could have caused an event I would give vastly more weight to the likelihood if it having been done by a sociopath.