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tonymet ◴[26 Jul 24 19:22 UTC] No.41081448[source]▶

A priori distributions are a form of stereotyping. How do people reconcile that?

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1. klysm ◴[26 Jul 24 20:26 UTC] No.41081959[source]▶

What? Maybe in a very specific context where you are modeling joint distributions of people and traits, but that’s barely a critique of the method itself.

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2. tonymet ◴[26 Jul 24 20:59 UTC] No.41082223[source]▶

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it's not a critique of the method

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