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by pdonis 844 days ago
> Bayesian approach sounds like a religion (one true way).

Only about the things that can be mathematically proven. Which is just like any other branch of math.

It is true that some Bayesians (and EY can be argued to be among them) like to talk as though Bayesian computation is a drop-in replacement for your brain. Of course it isn't, and Bayesianism, like any mathematical approach, should be taken with a good-sized dose of humility. As Bertrand Russell said, to the extent that mathematical propositions refer to reality, they are not certain, and to the extent that they are certain, they do not refer to reality.