Is bogofilter Bayesian?

Boris 'pi' Piwinger 3.14 at logic.univie.ac.at
Wed Feb 11 12:51:42 CET 2004


Greg Louis wrote:

>> Right. What do you think about an FAQ entry on all of those
>> effects? That can list all concerns and possible
>> interpretations.
> 
> I don't feel strongly about it.  On the one hand, it would perhaps be
> read by a few people who wouldn't bother to follow the links to Paul's
> and Gary's well-articulated descriptions.  On the other, the
> information is available, in those papers and others, and repeating it
> in the FAQ may be unnecessary duplication.  For myself, I'd prefer
> linking to authoritative material; it's actually quite difficult to
> explain this stuff in a way that both statisticians and
> non-statisticians will find satisfactory.  Gary does a pretty good job.

Well, since the FAQ already hits the issue, it should do it
broader or not at all.

pi




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