When she said priori probability, I think she meant a-priori probability …

Of course, I have to admit that this bar is the one in the hotel where many attendees of the TREC conference are staying, but still, I think it is a very funny bit of overheard conversation. I kind of like the idea of a bar in which conversations about statistics are commonplace. Perhaps that is what every bar in the MIT area is like, but certainly it isn’t anything I run into at my favorite bars. I’m lucky to hear English being spoken at the bars that I frequent. 🙂