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Manfred comments on Bayesian probability as an approximate theory of uncertainty? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Manfred 27 September 2013 02:12:27AM 1 point [-]

Hardly random - it makes perfect sense that the ratio of probabilities is equal to the parameter of the strategy, and so any maximization of the parameter can be rewritten as a maximization of the ratio of probabilities.