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Re:The Bayesian Cringe (2021) by oldgradstudent on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @06:12PM (#39833451)
What's the difference between a prior and a bias?

How does one distinguish between the two?

Re:The Bayesian Cringe (2021) by layer8 on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @06:36PM (#39833625)
A prior is whatever you start with. There’s literally no requirements. Bayes tells you how to update your priors, whatever they are, in the face of new data. Nothing more, nothing less. In principle it doesn’t matter what priors you start with (how biased they are), in the sense that given enough data, your likelihoods will converge to what is really the case.
Re:The Bayesian Cringe (2021) by biomcgary on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @07:15PM (#39833932)
If you have the right model.
Re:The Bayesian Cringe (2021) by silent_cal on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @10:40AM (#39839816)
You can set your priors equally. 100% / number of possible outcomes.