[extropy-chat] what is probability?

[Russell Wallace]

On 1/15/07, gts <gts_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> If we are to use Bayesian methods (very popular these days, especially
> here among extropians) then we must find some way to set our prior
> probabilities for use in Bayes' Theorem. In some problem situations the
> principle of indifference looks very attractive, for example in the
> situation you describe above.
>

I'm inclined to think that issue would be best discussed in the context of a
practical example - do you have one to hand?
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