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I don't think this is technically correct - as Bernstein-Von Mises guarantee under certain conditions that the posterior is independent of the prior after suffi

• XFrequentist 13y ago
  It was actually "technically correct" - he said "if the number of samples is low". You're correct about the general case, of course.
  • ajtulloch 13y ago
    The previous comment was edited - the comment I replied to said something along the lines of 'especially when the number of samples are low'
  • thearn4 13y ago
    In fairness, I actually edited my reply for clarity, what I had in mind were small samples where the prior ends up dominating.