[ExI] atheists de-baptize unbelievers:

[Giulio Prisco]

I also think it was intended in the informal sense of "likely", but I could
not resist the temptation to say something bad about them;-)

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Giulio Prisco
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On Jul 21, 2010 7:54 PM, "Dave Sill" <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:

2010/7/21 Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com>

> However, I wish to note that the word "probably" used in this context
> ["There's probably no God."] reveals a poor understanding of the notion of
> probability in its rigorous Bayesian sense, and thus a poor understanding of
> much of modern science.


Why do you think that? Do you think "probably" was intended to mean "its
rigorous Bayesian sense" in that case? Seems likely to me that it was meant
in an informal sense, e.g., synonymous with "likely".

-Dave


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