Re: prior distributions of estimated parameters



illywhacker wrote:
> Dear Leslaw,
>
> As you can imagine, I do not agree with Reef Fish. He gives no reason why he
> does not like the reference I gave you. Here are the reasons why I do like
> it.

This was what I said to the OP,

RF> I would NOT recommend reading what illywhacker has written
RF> about the subject in this thread.

I did not even see what you referenced! It was what you had WRITTEN
yourself, illywhacker that was not worth reading. You seemed to
have given a VERY GOOD reason why yourself:

>
> Jaynes' background is in physics, and he thinks like a scientist, not a
> statistician. My background too is in physics, and I appreciate his approach
> because of this.

Why should the OP learn about Bayesian STATISTICAL inference from
statisticians when there are physicists to misrepresent the view?

-- Bob.

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