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		meric on Aug 26, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Long Do You Want to Live? " I think you're talking prejudiced and prejudicial BS" There's a difference between deciding someone represents exactly their stereotype (prejudice), and looking for patterns based on one's observations. "Some people can't adapt to new ideas at any age," These are the people I'm talking about.

pjscott on Aug 26, 2012 [–]

Since the topic of machine learning came up in this thread: what you've said is a special case of Bayesian inference, as applied to demographic groups.

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