Bayes theorem, the geometry of changing beliefs
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Represent prior proportions as areas and retain only people fitting a description. Evidence removes different fractions of each group; the relevant comparison is between the areas that remain.
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In the standard notation, this vertical bar means given that, as in we're restricting our view only to the possibilities where the evidence holds.I recognize I'm being a bit repetitive, but when you see evidence, the space of possibilities gets restricted, right?