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This headline does not reflect the article and is needlessly inflammatory. This article is an explanation of Bayes theorem and overall very positive of it. The
by GavinB 11y ago
This headline does not reflect the article and is needlessly inflammatory. This article is an explanation of Bayes theorem and overall very positive of it. The "used wrongly" quote is just stating that it's not immune to biases and error. Pretty much any tool "used wrongly" can cause errors.
(In case it's changed, the headline currently reads "Bayes theorem used wrongly, can promote superstition and pseudoscience")
- mfoy_ 11y agoI think the title isn't quite so off. The article is trying to point out that people should be wary of using it wrongly. Like other commentators have pointed out, the saying "garbage in garbage out" only helps when you stop to think whether or not you're putting garbage in.
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