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Bayesian models as predictions
Our friend and colleague Jeremy E.C. Genovese recently brought this short theoretical paper to our attention. The paper, which was written by Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, Richard D. Morey, and Michael D. Lee, is titled “Bayesian benefits for the pragmatic researcher,” and we strongly … Continue reading
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“Respondeat Superior” (the Law of Agency)
Because of the ubiquity of principal-agent relationships in the business world, we will spend an entire lecture on the law of agency in our next class. Also, although we have been focusing mostly on the founding of Facebook this semester, … Continue reading
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The Greatest of All-Time
In addition to the video below of Muhammad Ali’s greatest moments in the ring, we want to share this loving memory of Ali by our friend and colleague, the poet/writer Luanne Castle. Here is an excerpt: When I was a little … Continue reading
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Current Affairs, History, Truth
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Math Clock
Courtesy of Geek Alert (hat tip: who else? Cliff Pickover)
Posted in Culture, Mathematics
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Daniel Dennett’s four rules
We recently stumbled upon this short post by Maria Popova (“How to criticize with kindness”) explaining philosopher Daniel Dennett’s “four rules” of fair-minded, scholarly criticism. In brief, before you begin to refute or criticize someone else’s ideas, you should do … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Bayesian Reasoning, Cooperation, Philosophy, Truth
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How couples meet
Or, to be more precise, how couples who publish their wedding announcements in the New York Times meet. Data scientist Todd W. Schneider built a special-purpose website called Wedding Crunchers that analyzes wedding announcements published in the Sunday Times. His data … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Games, Lotteries, Probability
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Metallica v. Napster
“Napster was the ultimate geek banner, a battle that had been fought by hackers on the biggest stage of all. Ultimately, the hackers had lost, but … it was still the biggest hack in history.”–Ben Mezrich, Accidental Billionaires (Ch. 18) … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Law, Music
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Start-up road map
Check out this fascinating article by BBC Business News reporter Tony Bonsignore: “Entrepreneurs reveal their failures en route to success.” Credits for the image below: Kriti Vichare & Shivraj Vichare; hat tip: Cliff Pickover.
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Honor Code (Lessons 8 & 9)
“This wasn’t right, damn it. This wasn’t fair.” –Quote attributed to one of the Winklevoss twins in Ben Mezrich, The Accidental Billionaires. In our next lecture, we are going to re-enact another pivotal scene from the film “The Social Network” … Continue reading
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prior probability 