MAP Spends a Prior on Leftover Belief

Beta(2, 2) prior + 7 heads 3 tails → Beta(9, 5): MAP mode 2/3, mean 9/14. The flat prior gives back the MLE 0.7; 10 of 10 flips give 11/12, not 1.

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