This strikes me as a misunderstanding of how Bayesian updates work. The reason you still don’t believe in ESP is because your prior for ESP is very low. But I think hearing about Bem’s research should still cause you to update your estimate in favor of ESP a tiny amount. In a world with ESP, Bem finds it easier to discover ESP effects.
I think you slightly misunderstand me. What I’m saying is that Bem’s work isn’t really a Bayesian update for me, because I think Bem is approximately as likely to publish papers in the world where (extremely weak) ESP works as the worlds where it doesn’t. The strength of my prior doesn’t feel relevant to me.
I think you’re right that I slightly overstated my case.
I think you slightly misunderstand me. What I’m saying is that Bem’s work isn’t really a Bayesian update for me, because I think Bem is approximately as likely to publish papers in the world where (extremely weak) ESP works as the worlds where it doesn’t. The strength of my prior doesn’t feel relevant to me.
I think you’re right that I slightly overstated my case.