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twanvl comments on Help me test out my Bayes Academy game - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: twanvl 23 September 2015 02:49:04PM 0 points [-]

Not about the game itself, but the wording of the questions is a bit confusing to me:

In the above network, suppose that we were to observe the variable labeled "A". Which other variables would this influence?

The act of observing a variable doesn't influence any of the variables, it would only change your beliefs about the variables. The only things influencing a variable are its parents in the Bayesian network.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 26 September 2015 12:08:15AM 0 points [-]

The act of observing a variable doesn't influence any of the variables, it would only change your beliefs about the variables.

I had a similar issue. Just what was meant by "influence"? I think it had to be "change my beliefs about".