Thread:TheHumanAmbassador/@comment-26907577-20200128211255/@comment-32182236-20200204220802

I got ninja'd:I had to read the post afterwards.

And it does call into question Ferret's theory even further.

I also half-expect it to be copy/pasted into there. Though I'll see if I can think of a more Undertale-related example to put in there rather than the coin-flipping one. It is on the Undertale Wiki, so it is going to be based around Undertale.

EDIT:Maybe it can be the Statistical Problem of Undertale that we talked about earlier? The Null Hypothesis still counts as a hypothesis.. Though I'm not sure what prior probability to give to the Null Hypothesis. Is it a good idea to start with 50% for Prior Probability if we don't have any evidence whatsoever, supporting either side?

..If the hypothesis makes multiple assumptions this way, though, each one would get a 50%, and if they're not independent, that would need to be taken into consideration. After all, in that case, it's actually multiple smaller hypothesis combined into a bigger one.

EDIT 2:Actually, I think we're better off listing all the possibilities first, and distributing them evenly.. Of course, we use the rule about multiple entities to make more complex hypothesis start with lower prior probabilities... And if it's something unusual, we use that as counterevidence to make the probability go down further. Jacky, do you have anything to add or comment on?

Also, after reading that bit from Kocka you sent me, I realized it's possible to get just a little bit more accurate to Forums, and it's a simple thing as well.

Putting three tildes at the top, and instead of four at the bottom, we put five.

Putting three tildes at the top make a signature (with no timestamp) appear above the post, replicating the fact that we see the author prior to the post. (I tested it with another test thread.)

To get a timestamp without the signature, put in five tildes.

Putting THAT in the bottom, rather than four tildes, would replicate the fact that the timestamp is below the post in Forums. (I did just that in the second post of said thread.)

So, what do you think works better? The system we're using on this wiki now, or what I've tested out, which can be seen in action in this thread?

I didn't edit the actual code that's running the pages, so if you type in a response in said thread, it'll use the current system, not my attempt to be more accurate to Forums.