The problem presented here is not a problem of comparing models of different dimensions. The problem is that the model is incomplete. We can amend the model by defining a joint distribution for $X_1, X_2$ using a conditional distribution as follows: $Z \sim \text{Bernoulli}(0.5)$ $X_1 \sim \text{Uniform}(0, \alpha)$ $X_2 | Z = 1, X_1=x_1 \sim \text{Uniform}(0, \alpha)$ $X_2 | Z = 0, X_1=x_1 \sim \delta_{x_1}$ $\delta_{x_1}$ is the [Dirac measure][1] or [Dirac delta (density) function][2] (point mass) at $x_1$; you can think of it as a $\text{Normal}(x_1, \sigma^2)$ distribution with $\sigma^2\to 0$. This is the key component missing from your original model. Next we plug everything into Bayes formula $P(Z | X_1, X_2) \propto P(Z)P(X_1 | Z)P(X_2 | Z, X_1)$ If $X_1=X_2$, then $P(Z=1 | X_1=x_1, X_2 = x_1) \propto 0.5 (\alpha^{-1})\alpha^{-1} $ $P(Z=0 | X_1=x_1, X_2 = x_1) \propto P(Z=0, X_1=x_1, X_2 = x_1) = 0.5(\alpha^{-1}) \infty = \infty $, thus the posterior is a $\text{Bernoulli}(0.0)$. Otherwise $P(Z=1 | X_1=x_1, X_2 = x_2) \propto 0.5(\alpha^{-1})\alpha^{-1}$ $P(Z=0 | X_1=x_1, X_2 = x_2) \propto 0.5(\alpha^{-1})0 = 0$ implying the posterior is a $\text{Bernoulli}(1.0)$. The [Spike and slab][3] [(regression setting)][4] model is an indirectly related topic that may be of interest to you. In short, it is a mixture model consisting of a discrete component and a continuous component. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirac_measure [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirac_delta_function [3]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0505633.pdf [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike-and-slab_regression