In certain contexts an asterisk is a magic character and you need to precede it with a backslash to keep it from turning into <em> or </em>. To get
p(X|M, M1) = p(M|X)*P(X|M1)/p(M|M1)
do
p(X|M, M1) = p(M|X)\*P(X|M1)/p(M|M1)
Or you can just put equations in their own paragraphs that are indented by four spaces, in which case no characters will have their magic meaning. (This is how I did the above paragraph where the backslash is visible.)
In certain contexts an asterisk is a magic character and you need to precede it with a backslash to keep it from turning into
<em>or</em>. To getp(X|M, M1) = p(M|X)*P(X|M1)/p(M|M1)
do
Or you can just put equations in their own paragraphs that are indented by four spaces, in which case no characters will have their magic meaning. (This is how I did the above paragraph where the backslash is visible.)
Is there a reference somewhere on LessWrong or the Wiki for the mark-up used in the comments?
There’s a “Show help” button on the right underneath comment fields. The quick reference it reveals includes a link to the wiki page.
The formatting language used is a (not totally bug-free) subset of Markdown.
Laughs I’m so used to useless help screens I ignored that button, looked for it manually on the wiki, couldn’t find it, and gave up. Thanks!