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StatModeling commenter discussing Bayesian reasoning and COVID-19 origins

Bayesian probability is about quantifying a state of information. Retrospectively, that is, not what did happen, but rather how much you know about what did happen. From what we know, we need to decide which of the possible explanations has the most weight associated with it.

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Daniel Lakeland, comment on Andrew Gelman, "Controversy over different estimates of covid origins probabilities," Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science, August 1, 2025.

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Bayesian analysis is the right framework for settling the COVID-19 origins question

Bayesian probability is about quantifying a "state of information". Retrospectively, that is, not what did happen, but rather how much you know about what did happen. [...] from what we know, we need to decide which of the possible explanations has t...

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