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Re:Bayes's Theorem: What's the Big Deal? by GFK_of_xmaspast on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @08:57PM (#10847873)
If frequentism is so terrible, why has the field of statistics had so much success over the last century or so.
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Re:Bayes's Theorem: What's the Big Deal? by btown on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @12:39AM (#10848833)
Just because something is better than nothing, doesn't mean it's optimal.
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