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Understanding Fundamentalist Belief Through Bayesian Updating

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  • Srijit Mishra

    (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)

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Using Bayesian updating to deterministic priors persistence of fundamentalist belief like those in the mind of a terrorist is explained. Under such belief system if conditional evidence is diametrically opposite and also deterministic then a process of change will set in and in the present war against terrorism this can be effectively done through Islamic religious authorities. In situations where interaction is the basis, self-defeating scenarios can be avoided by giving space to others. Thus, in the political sphere one has to be accommodative about the concerns of Middle East, this will also make things easier for intervention through Islam.

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  • Srijit Mishra, 2003. "Understanding Fundamentalist Belief Through Bayesian Updating," Microeconomics Working Papers 22391, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research.
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    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • C11 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Bayesian Analysis: General

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