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I don't think he thinks that they *are* more substantial; rather, I think he hopes they'll be better than Carrier's.
I got as far as the chap who thinks that the Gospels were written 100's of years after the event...why bother with this junk?Graham
What do you mean Mr. Veale? No one, as far as I can see, says that the gospels were written hundreds of years after the event.
KBrowneYip, you're right K Browne. My bad. Note to self: stop reading blogs when grumpy!Graham
Okay, having read in a fairer mood, I'm still underwhelmed. But this post http://lesswrong.com/lw/3m6/techniques_for_probability_estimates/#morelooks better, given the "you should only use Bayes for statistics" objection repeatedly used on the internet. Graham
I'll break the address up, in case any one is interested in having a look.http://lesswrong.com/lw/3m6/techniques_for_probability_estimates/#more
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I don't think he thinks that they *are* more substantial; rather, I think he hopes they'll be better than Carrier's.
I got as far as the chap who thinks that the Gospels were written 100's of years after the event...why bother with this junk?
Graham
What do you mean Mr. Veale? No one, as far as I can see, says that the gospels were written hundreds of years after the event.
KBrowne
Yip, you're right K Browne. My bad. Note to self: stop reading blogs when grumpy!
Graham
Okay, having read in a fairer mood, I'm still underwhelmed. But this post
http://lesswrong.com/lw/3m6/techniques_for_probability_estimates/#more
looks better, given the "you should only use Bayes for statistics" objection repeatedly used on the internet.
Graham
I'll break the address up, in case any one is interested in having a look.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/3m6/
techniques_for_probability
_estimates/#more
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