A Bayesian prior is your unique perspective that can become modified into a posterior by evidence.

It is the consideration that evidence does not uniquely determine our understanding of reality, that evidence can be interpreted by different people in different ways.

Discussing priors is an acknowledgement of the fundamentally subjective nature of truth and scientific testing.

We're targeting guys who didn't find the last 12 years of anti-Trump messaging from Democrats particularly persuasive.

This time we'll persuade them for sure with...

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anti-Trump messaging from Democrats!

I'm with you. I've also never heard of Charli XCX.

A lens cap visibly disables a lens, while allowing it to be taken off quickly and cleanly in an emergency (e.g. a cop enters).

That's why instead of stickers, we should have lens caps with an easy toggle mechanism.

Nationalism is authoritarianism.

Libertarian nationalist is an oxymoron.

It's a twitter account, so you instantly know it's just there to spew bullshit and disinformation. Anyone still on twitter is suspect.

Frequentism relies on the dubious assumption that an objective reality is both possible, and that this privileged reference frame is the one from which the data being analyzed were taken.

Einstein's general relativity is fundamentally incompatible with the concept of a privileged reference frame from which an observer can operate objectively. Einstein credits his socialism with providing him this insight, and frankly all of relativity breaks down without it.

Bayesianism acknowledges that bias is fundamentally intertwined with all evidence, and that evidence only makes sense within the context of the question being asked. Bayesianism is the recognition that all new data must be interpreted within the context of the biases that led to it being taken.

Blaming Khrushchev for something that happened 2 years after his death, and 9 years after he was removed from power via coercion due to age.

Obligatory Kitty History

Proud high school truant checking in to say that this is not the way schools should work. There are many valid paths to an education. Schools are often impediments to education. I have no disrespect for anyone with more important shit to do. Sometimes having a life requires some attention, and can have transformative educational impact.

They've been banned since stonewall.

The dew of humid mornings easily condenses onto the thermal conductor of the hotel's metal roof. You wake every morning to the patter of rain, even on sunny days. Actual rain on the roof has a staccato drum beat that fills the living spaces with a lively buzz. You feel so connected to the elements.