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Class 54: Exchangeability & Parameters
Most forget their parameterized models are ad hoc, and so fret about how to put uncertainty on the parameters.
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Over-Certainty Of Polygenic Scores
This is a revamped and updated classic post with new material.
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AI & The Dilemma Of Technology
Here, in two sentences, is the Dilemma of Technology:
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What Are The Chances Thomas Jefferson & John Adams Died On The Fourth of July, 1826?
This one was too much fun, so I hope you will forgive and indulge me for this installment of What Are The Chances?
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AI & The Dilemma Of Technology
Here, in two sentences, is the Dilemma of Technology:
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53: Laplace Was Right!
Laplace infamously calculated the probability, given his evidence, the sun would rise in the east tomorrow at (something like) 0.9999995.
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Even The Woke Say Science Is Petering Out
One of my Inside-The-Academic-Beast contacts told me recently that the new crop of professors hired at a major well known university were unimaginative…
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Expert Nathan Confas: Experts Know Best
I forgot to remind you of this week’s What Are The Chances?
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Science Claims 7% Of Adults Saw A Mass Shooting
A peer-reviewed scientific science study in JAMA said that “In a survey study of 10,000 US adults, 7% reported having been present on the scene where 4…
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