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by twoWhlsGud 913 days ago
You drive a car of type Model Z. Someone, looking at a crash of a Model Z which was going 50 mph, discovers a design flaw that is particularly acute when the car is driven faster than 70. Do you:

* adjust your driving behavior in accordance with whatever bayesian impact the new data has?

* psychoanalyze the person doing the research, or decide that nothing that happens at 50 mph could tell you something about the behavior at 70 to reassure yourself you can ignore the new data?

Your call...

1 comments

I do wish that was a reasonable argument. Closer: I drive a "Model Z". In the past, someone discovered a crushed Model Z. Does driving a Model Z more than 50 mph cause crushing?