Comment by JimJik on Bayesian Reasoning - Explained Like You're Five · 2023-08-24T20:40:27.842Z · LW · GW

In example 2, “…the teacher now sees H as being the best hypothesis that is able to explain the evidence.”

But how how does the teacher consider an alternate hypothesis that, to avoid detention, the student went home and did his homework that night, made a copy, then got his dog to chew on it before bringing both of them to class the next day?