17 January 1999 - Bayesian morality

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 1999 : 17 January 1999
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"I tried to live a good life, a pure life, a Bayesian life. But sometimes, sometimes the formulations were too subtle for me. Forgive me, Father, for I have calculated confidence intervals from order statistics."

-- the statistician's deathbed confession

clue:

Strict Bayesian statisticians are very particular about what constitutes good practice.

take oh take this clue away

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