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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.