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by xyzsparetimexyz 28 days ago
Prior whats?
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Jblx2 28 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_probability
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se4u 28 days ago
When a qualifying noun is absent , then priors means prior beliefs.
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xyzsparetimexyz 28 days ago
Prior to what? Why not just say beliefs?
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niek_pas 28 days ago
"Update your priors" is a common expression in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/update_one%27s_priors#English
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staticman2 28 days ago
Your wiktionary link indicates it is not a common expression in English but instead something "rationalist community" people say.
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pocksuppet 28 days ago
HN is a rationalist community hangout.
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repparw 27 days ago
we're reading comments on a post about math proofs
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rob 28 days ago
No it's not. Where do you come up with this? Just because you searched the phrase on Google and there's a single result for it on a wiki? Who do you know that's using this expression regularly?
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eudamoniac 27 days ago
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
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happytoexplain 26 days ago
"Common" is an exaggeration.
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