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RichardKennaway comments on Am I Understanding Bayes Right? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 14 November 2013 01:44:53PM 2 points [-]

Probability is never used as a degree of belief.

Probability is always used as degree of belief by Bayesians (and we all seem to be Bayesians here). For example. Frequentists take probabilities to be long-run relative frequencies. There are other schools.