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Re:For a non-expert, what's different between Bayesian and f... by philh on Friday February 12, 2016 @10:46AM (#11087984)
I know that's what it means. I don't think they exist in the real world. See e.g. http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/dice... - I don't remember if I've read that specific thing, but I've read things that said the same.

(With skill, it's possible to bias a coin toss, but that's different.)

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Re:For a non-expert, what's different between Bayesian and f... by leephillips on Friday February 12, 2016 @11:55AM (#11088555)
I was afraid somebody was going to bring up this paper. As the paper shows, they in fact do exist. But only if you spin rather than flip in the normal way.
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