Striking a balance, weighting and Cladistics

[Thomas DiBenedetto]

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From: Richard Zander [mailto:rzander at sciencebuff.org]
>Regarding probabilities of hypotheses, this is again a facet of the
>tedious wrassling match between long-run frequency statisticians and
>Baysians, with hypothesis testers grinning from the sidelines.

Thanks for the explanation of the different justifications of probability. I
must say though, that I still dont see a justification for the use of
probability in the evaluation of hypotheses. I guess I will remain grinning
on the sidelines.

>WE are Bayesians, philosophically anyway, when we deal with phylogenetic
>evolution.

Whats that WE, Kimosabe?
-tom