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Re:For a non-expert, what's different between Bayesian and f... by tel on Friday February 12, 2016 @10:17AM (#11087723)
I'm not sure I understand your 1940s point, but generally Bayesians would like to communicate (edit) likelihoods instead of posteriors so that they can be combined like you ask.

Edit: autocorrect ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re:For a non-expert, what's different between Bayesian and f... by dllthomas on Friday February 12, 2016 @11:12AM (#11088223)
"Likelihoods"
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Re:For a non-expert, what's different between Bayesian and f... by tel on Friday February 12, 2016 @12:37PM (#11088871)
Thanks!
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Re:For a non-expert, what's different between Bayesian and f... by Retric on Friday February 12, 2016 @10:48AM (#11088005)
Ed: Ahh ok I was going wtf? Thanks.
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