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Comment author: Lumifer 12 October 2015 11:44:50PM 5 points [-]

basically amounts to "applying Bayesian priors to humans

There is nothing about Bayes in the "textbook definition". It boils down to "applying strong priors to humans" where "strong" means "resistant to change by evidence".

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 13 October 2015 08:25:45PM 2 points [-]

Ok, so what evidence was AA refusing to update on?

Comment author: Lumifer 14 October 2015 02:56:30PM 3 points [-]

I'm not talking about AA, I'm talking about your understanding of prejudice.

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