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Wittgenstein’s door handle
Via Dan Wang’s twitter feed, we unexpectedly stumbled upon this insightful but speculative essay by Christopher Benfey in the N.Y. Review of Books. In summary, Benfey describes the beautiful door handles (pictured below) the philosopher Ludwig Wiggenstein designed for a … Continue reading
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, History, Philosophy
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Visualization of world’s most spoken languages
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Culture, Language
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Homicide data by weapon
Let’s ban knives, too? There’s no need for a complicated regression analysis, via Alex Tabarrok (Marginal Revolution), here are the raw data for 2014:
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Deception, Law
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Light pollution map
Via imgur (h/t glowdirt). Click on the map to enlarge.
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Maps
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Most stolen books
"Most Stolen Books" shelf: Congrats to #HarukiMurakami, @BretEastonEllis, @chuckpalahniuk, #KurtVonnegut & others pic.twitter.com/c7uEGztajF — Vintage Books & Anchor Books (@VintageAnchor) June 3, 2016
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Cheating, Culture, Economics
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Where do we place our bets?
Trump "will no longer comment" on TrumpU case… over/under on how long that lasts= 24 hours? https://t.co/tbpgOVIQpB — Colin Camerer (@CFCamerer) June 7, 2016
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Current Affairs, Law, Politics, Racism
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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
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Probability
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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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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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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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prior probability 