- Most trivially, your prior distribution can assign equal probabilities to different outcomes, if you have no reason to do otherwise. Beta(1, 1) for modeling a

- Most trivially, your prior distribution can assign equal probabilities to different outcomes, if you have no reason to do otherwise. Beta(1, 1) for modeling a coin's bias, for example, if you have no prior information about its bias. - There are more advanced tools in Bayesian analysis such as Jeffreys prior (known as uninformative priors, look it up). - As was mentioned in other responses the same "big problems" exist in every other statistical and mathematical modeling approach, namely that you have to make assumptions and your results are going to be crap if your assumptions are crap. - Generally, Bayesian stats got a late start due to high computational resource costs, not some theoretical limitations. The issue with priors that gets repeated by philosophers and some statisticians does not stop the huge, monumental progress Bayesian statistics has had in a ton of applied fields, from computer science / machine learning all the way to economics and political science. Edit: language