TimS comments on What Bayesianism taught me - LessWrong

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Comment author: TimS 16 August 2013 01:54:34AM *  1 point [-]

Nightly news being so incredibly vacuous is pretty strong evidence that the mean citizen is bad at weighing probabilistic evidence. (e.g. "What common household item might kill you? Find out at the end of this newshour.")

Comment author: wedrifid 16 August 2013 04:39:00AM *  1 point [-]

"What common household item might kill you?

"Knife", "bleach", "alcohol", "(overdose of) medication", "rope", "plastic bag", "Hufflepuff bones...".