# Lets discuss Bayesian Statistics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-bayesian-statistics/619051>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 17, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-bayesian-statistics/619051 "2012-04-17T15:39:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-bayesian-statistics/619051/15 "2012-04-17T17:18:27Z")

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> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#):
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> Where do you feel **Bricker** went astray?

For what it’s worth, here’s what I said in the thread started to Piit me for my assertion:

> [@Bricker is a disingenous punk.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-disingenous-punk/368049/25):
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> But is there any actual predictive value in what I’m saying? No, of course not. Because all other things are NEVER equal. They cannot be. That’s why it’s a purely theoretical statement.

It’s unclear to me how that can be wrong, or even misleading.

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