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Prior to what? Why not just say beliefs?

• niek_pas 5mo ago
  "Update your priors" is a common expression in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/update_one%27s_priors#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/update_one%27s_priors#English
  • staticman2 5mo ago
    Your wiktionary link indicates it is not a common expression in English but instead something "rationalist community" people say.
    • pocksuppet 5mo ago
      HN is a rationalist community hangout.
    • repparw 5mo ago
      we're reading comments on a post about math proofs
  • rob 5mo ago
    No it's not. Where do you come up with this? Just because you searched the phrase on Google and there's a single result for it on a wiki? Who do you know that's using this expression regularly?
    • eudamoniac 5mo ago
      https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=update%20priors&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
  • happytoexplain 5mo ago
    "Common" is an exaggeration.