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Comment author: SanguineEmpiricist 07 May 2015 02:37:05AM 3 points [-]

http://www.bayesianrisk.com/chapters.html http://www.bayesianrisk.com/sample_chapters/Chapter%201%20There%20is%20more%20to%20assessing%20risk%20than%20statistics.pdf

I agree with Viliam & gym. This just points to the limits of statistical knowledge & that we need to supplement with other logical-experimental knowledge, such as arguments from evolution.

Risk cannot only be based on statistical knowledge, as chapter one of bayesian risk argues.

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