This stinks of classical (non-bayesian) rationality. Membership in a set that is mostly wrong does not “prove” anything, but it sure is evidence.
Agreed, but it’s noisy evidence. Which is why I recommended looking for better evidence. I used the set theory terminology instead of the Bayesian one because ABrooks seems to have a philosophy background; I thought this’d make more sense for him/her.
...… And yes, I got carried away by the force of my own rhetoric. Must work on avoiding that.
Actually, ve just brought up that the intent and thought process is very similar.
Agreed, but it’s noisy evidence. Which is why I recommended looking for better evidence. I used the set theory terminology instead of the Bayesian one because ABrooks seems to have a philosophy background; I thought this’d make more sense for him/her.
See my edit, I agree with what you said, but the non-bayesian thing was an itch that had to be scratched.
That wasn’t at all clear to me.
That’s because it was in a different post. By “just” I meant “seconds ago, after this post”. I could have made that clearer.
Agreed, but it’s noisy evidence. Which is why I recommended looking for better evidence. I used the set theory terminology instead of the Bayesian one because ABrooks seems to have a philosophy background; I thought this’d make more sense for him/her.
...… And yes, I got carried away by the force of my own rhetoric. Must work on avoiding that.
That wasn’t at all clear to me.
See my edit, I agree with what you said, but the non-bayesian thing was an itch that had to be scratched.
That’s because it was in a different post. By “just” I meant “seconds ago, after this post”. I could have made that clearer.