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		GFK_of_xmaspast on Jan 6, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bayes's Theorem: What's the Big Deal? If frequentism is so terrible, why has the field of statistics had so much success over the last century or so.

btown on Jan 6, 2016 [–]

Just because something is better than nothing, doesn't mean it's optimal.

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