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Probability theorem gets quantum makeover after 250 years

Probability theorem gets quantum makeover after 250 years
science8/29/2025

How likely you think something is to happen depends on what you already believe about the circumstances. That is the simple concept behind Bayes' rule, an approach to calculating probabilities, first proposed in 1763. Now, an international team of researchers has shown how Bayes' rule operates in the quantum world.

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