Does string theory = Bayesian inference?

This is a case where one can map a problem from one field on science to a problem in another field. In this case, he reformulate the basic equations of String theory in terms of statistical inference problem. He can do the mapping since: The quantum mechanics path integral is close relative to a Ito integrals. read more

The comments by Motl mentions Bayesian Inference, which is not mentioned by the author of the second paper summary at al. He talks about Statistical Inference in general. Before accusing this person, I think the difference between the Classical Statistical Inference and Bayesian Inference should be pointed out. read more

Bayesian inference is a method of statistical inference in which Bayes' theorem is used to update the probability for a hypothesis as more evidence or information becomes available. Bayesian inference is an important technique in statistics, and especially in mathematical statistics. read more