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A priori distributions are a form of stereotyping. How do people reconcile that?
by tonymet 2y ago
A priori distributions are a form of stereotyping. How do people reconcile that?
- lupire 2y agoA Bayesian analysis lets you see how the posterior varies as a function of the prior, instead of forcing you to pick a prior before you start. The tighter the range of this function, the more confidence you have in the result. You can never know anything if you absolutely refuse to have a prior, because that gives division by 0 in the posterior.
- klysm 2y agoWhat? Maybe in a very specific context where you are modeling joint distributions of people and traits, but that’s barely a critique of the method itself.
- tonymet 2y agoit's not a critique of the method