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Jiro comments on Using Bayes to dismiss fringe phenomena - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Jiro 07 October 2014 03:27:15PM 0 points [-]

A lot of things get ignored by scientists because you don't get funding for studying the topic.

Bayseian calculation doesn't work on "a lot", it works on the odds, and the odds are much lower for such things.