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Yes, it is totally inaccurate. It is like the people who performed witch hunts: "If she doesn't admit to being a witch, she must be lying. If she admits to being a witch, then obviously she is because why would anyone admit to that?" If either outcome of a test -- criticism, ~criticsm -- increases your prior belief estimate, you need to have another look at Bayes' theorem.


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