In other words, if you ever think you want to kill yourself, there’s a 90% chance you’re wrong.
That isn’t what the quote tells you. It is evidence that you could be wrong but certainly doesn’t make you 90% likely to be wrong.
Well, yes, it just establishes a prior. But a remarkably hard prior to update, don’t you think? “I’m probably in worse shape than all those people who tried to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge” would demand some exceptional new information.
That isn’t what the quote tells you. It is evidence that you could be wrong but certainly doesn’t make you 90% likely to be wrong.
Well, yes, it just establishes a prior. But a remarkably hard prior to update, don’t you think? “I’m probably in worse shape than all those people who tried to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge” would demand some exceptional new information.