The parent link to this article was discussed: http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=16687 http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=16687 The presmise of thi

The parent link to this article was discussed: http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=16687 http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=16687 The presmise of this article annoys me. You don't need to be a "Bayesian statistician" to solve the mammogram question. The solution is an application of Bayes' law.