Comment by civilized | Hacker News Reader

Comment by civilized | Hacker News Reader

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Having a specific opinion isn't inherently a bias, and it's rather uninspiring to put effort into a substantial comment and then get a reply which is essentially nothing but a baseless accusation of bias followed by a long block quote of unclear relevance (it's extremely far from true that all statistical analyses worth consideration are in high dimensions).

Review the Hacker News guidelines:

> Edit out swipes.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

EDIT: much appreciated.

Hm, that line doesn't seem bad to me. But I can certainly edit it if you think it's harsh in some way. Which would you prefer?:

  1. "I think your view about the difference between Frequentist and Bayesian methods is biased"
  2. "I think your view about the difference between Frequentist and Bayesian methods is wrong".
  3. Any other suggestion?

I don't find it a helpful comment either way, but "wrong" would at least shed the implication of measuring unfairness from an objective standpoint.

A Bayesian proponent wanting an objective standpoint ... Sorry, could not resist :) But I edited the comment. Sorry if it ruined your mood. I shared it with good intentions, not to pick a fight.

Thank you, cheers :)

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