seniorCurse of Dimensionality
How does high dimensionality affect Bayesian inference?
Updated May 15, 2026
Short answer
Posterior distributions become extremely peaked or diffuse, making inference unstable.
Deep explanation
In high dimensions, likelihoods concentrate and priors become negligible unless carefully designed. Sampling methods like MCMC suffer from slow mixing due to geometry of high-dimensional posterior spaces.
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