Re: Pigeons, People, and Priors

JGCASEY wrote:


Michael Olea wrote:

[...]

... Looking back at my description above it probably has a limited
audience - most of those who did not already know what I was talking
about still don't, most of those who did learned nothing new.

This is most likely the case but there is nothing wrong with raising
the bar to see if anyone can jump it :)

The last time I tried to raze the bar the bouncer threw me out.

-- Michael

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