Nice to see Randall Munroe return to mathematical snark.
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I liked the below reply post and the many of the discussions in the comments. As a bonus, the post includes the line “If the sun as gone nova, money is worthless. Hence anyone, Bayesian or not, should be willing to bet $50 that the sun has not exploded.”
http://andrewgelman.com/2012/11/16808/