Bayes is definitely about statistical correlation.
No, I strongly disagree.
it's still all probabilities--and you need correlations for those
I do not need correlations for probabilities -- where did you get that strange idea?
To make a simple observation, "correlation" is a linear relationship and there are many things in this world that are dependent in more complex ways. Are you familiar with the Anscombe's quartet, by the way?
I do not need correlations for probabilities -- where did you get that strange idea?
In that case, I'll repeat my earlier question:
if you don't know how much phenomenon A correlates with phenomenon B, how are you supposed to calculate the conditional probabilities P(A|B) and P(B|A)?
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