The use of Bayes' theorem to pin down the mass limits of the few neutron stars found in binary systems is both a splendid illustration of the explicit use of a priori knowledge and a means to a useful result.
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Maddox, J. Star masses and bayesian probability. Nature 371, 649 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/371649a0
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