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Re:‘What Do You Think Is the Most Important Problem Facing T... by areyousure on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @10:45PM (#13771242)
Probabilities don't usually have error bounds. Some (most?) people even think that the concept is meaningless.
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Re:‘What Do You Think Is the Most Important Problem Facing T... by thomasahle on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:56AM (#13771810)
If I give you a coin with probability `1/3` of heads, I can tell you that it is `1/2` with error bounds `+- 1/4`. How is that meaningless?
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