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by robocat 674 days ago
Baysian probability is technology???

  The term Bayesian derives from Thomas Bayes (1702–1761), who proved a special case of what is now called Bayes' theorem in a paper titled "An Essay Towards Solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances".
Did the devil know about modern probability theory before we did?
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Bayesian probability is just a mathematical description of optimal learning process from data, e.g. common sense. It is already built into every living thing[1], because it is the best way to respond to your environment.

[1] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2017.079...