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From: Tim Little on 2 Jun 2010 23:35
On 2010-06-03, Ostap Bender <ostap_bender_1900(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> But why would you say that it can depend on whether he is left-
> handed, but doesn't depend on whether his hair is brown, or that he
> reads comic books?

My apologies for being ambiguous myself! I meant that in the first
two interpretations, none of the three additional pieces of
information would affect the probability. In the third
interpretation, any or all of them would affect the probability.


- Tim
From: Ostap Bender on 3 Jun 2010 00:23
On Jun 2, 8:35 pm, Tim Little <t...(a)little-possums.net> wrote:
> On 2010-06-03, Ostap Bender <ostap_bender_1...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > But why would you say that it can depend on whether he  is left-
> > handed, but doesn't depend on whether his hair is brown, or that he
> > reads comic books?
>
> My apologies for being ambiguous myself!  I meant that in the first
> two interpretations, none of the three additional pieces of
> information would affect the probability.  In the third
> interpretation, any or all of them would affect the probability.


Yes. I now see eye-to-eye with you.

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