It is not merely a question of calculating with probabiliti… - Dennis Lindley

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It is not merely a question of calculating with probabilities but also one of relating the ingredients of your probability statements to reality. You do not need to think only about p(E|K) but also about the precise nature of E and K.

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Dennis Victor Lindley (July 25, 1923 – December 14, 2013) was a British statistician, decision theorist and leading advocate of Bayesian statistics.

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It is dangerous to attach probability zero to anything other than a logical impossibility.

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