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Bayes’ theorem

Debunking "Alternative" Medicine Miscellaneous Skepticism

In Defense of Paranormal Debunking – Part I: Bayesian Self-Defense

March 29, 2014March 25, 2016 emilskeptic acupuncture, anecdotal evidence, Bayes' theorem, Bayesian statistics, burden of evidence, extraordinary claims, Occam's razor, paranormal, Winston Wu

Note: This is the first installment of an article series refuting claims made by the online book “Debunking PseudoSkeptical Arguments

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Debunking HIV/AIDS Denialism

How HIV/AIDS Denialists Abuse Bayes’ Theorem

August 16, 2012June 11, 2017 emilskeptic a priori probability, Bayes' theorem, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS denialists, medical statistics, positive predictive value, prevalence of HIV, rapid HIV testing

Image by Matt Buck, under Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic. Note: Snout (Reckless Endangerment) has made some good arguments in the comment

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