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Re: Trying to understand Bayes and Hypothesis

"Dave" wrote in message
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(1) Theory says the "errors" should be normally

Maybe you guys have an idea on how to help me then. I have been working on a paper and it is very unpopular in my field. Maybe as bitter as the

On 2013-02-20, Dave wrote:
> Wow, I hadn't expected my post to generate such a fire

On Wednesday, 20 February 2013 20:14:02 UTC, Dave wrote:
> Wow, I hadn't expected my post to generate such a fire

Wow, I hadn't expected my post to generate such a fire storm. I guess neutrality IS a big deal, LOL.

Okay, so let me carefully address

On 2013-02-19, Dave wrote:
> I sadly work with the Cauchy distribution all the time.

I sadly work with the Cauchy distribution all the time. It is the natural distribution function for the data I work with, although it is part of a

On Monday, February 18, 2013 3:16:59 PM UTC+1, David Jones wrote:
> "Cagdas Ozgenc" wrote in message
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You cannot escape the subjectivity built into Bayesian statistics.

If you were modeling over the set of all known computable distributions,

Hello David,

I realized the sloppiness as well. Nevertheless philosophically I don't understand what is "actual pre-knowledge" and "infinite