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0 pointsotabdeveloper44y ago0 comments

Simple Bayesian logic.

P(buying crap) < P(buying crap | has bought crap before)

Advertising is applied statistics and works on large cohorts. Nobody cares about you personally or your psychology.

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Upvoted, this is a great comment. Thanks for finding the words to sum it up so concisely.

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0 pointsotabdeveloper44y ago0 comments

Simple Bayesian logic.

P(buying crap) < P(buying crap | has bought crap before)

Advertising is applied statistics and works on large cohorts. Nobody cares about you personally or your psychology.

Upvoted, this is a great comment. Thanks for finding the words to sum it up so concisely.

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