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		nerdponx on Oct 1, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Map of Native American Tribes Instead of trying to conduct some kind of comprehensive probability analysis, admirable as the idea might be, you could just be clear and say "this is roughly the point in history I'm representing."

wallace_f on Oct 1, 2017 [–]

I was thinking more along the lines of a metric indicating the probability the conclusion is correct, based on the strength of evidence.

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