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update one's priors en · VERB

(qualifier:rationalist community) To change one's beliefs in the face of new evidence.
- (title) 2022 January 9, Conor Friedersdorf, “Justice Reformers Need to Update Their Priors”, in The Atlantic:
- I think that is a testament to documentary audiences: the film absolutely requires an open mind and heart and a willingness to update your priors in the face of new information. 2019 April 19, Simon Thompson, quoting Penny Lane, “The Devilishly Compelling 'Hail Satan?' Challenges More Than Preconceptions”, in Forbes:
- In others words, the study doesn't make me think I should update my priors much at all. 2016 March 23, Aaron E. Carroll, “In Defense of Moderate Drinking (Again)”, in New York Times:
- Every so often a story comes along that causes me to update my priors — that is, to rethink what I thought I knew. 2019 September 19, Tyler Cowen, “What the Jeffrey Epstein Case Says About Elite Men”, in Bloomberg:

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