Cool! I know Bayes has reached the big time when I receive spam like this:
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You know the saying, “It’s not real unless it’s on TV”? My saying is: It’s not real until it’s on spam.
The subject of Bayesian statistics seems to violate Rule 34, though. Funny I never thought of this before.
These guys are relentless. I recognize the message just by reading the first few words.
This may be partly because I belong to both INFORMS and ASA.
Isn't "powerful desktop application" a dated cliche?
I don't find it at all ironic that this got through your Bayesian spam filter :p
Well, Bayesians are often deeply concerned with models' posteriors. It often takes all night to satisfactorily sample those posteriors. (Cue bow-chicka-bow music.)