This is a really cool and clear introduction to MAP/MLE, especially since you take great pains to explain what all of the notation means. I'll definitely be poi

This is a really cool and clear introduction to MAP/MLE, especially since you take great pains to explain what all of the notation means. I'll definitely be pointing some people I know to this blog. OT on technical blogs: Experts often are unable to put themselves in the shoes of someone with no experience, which really harms the pedagogy. When one practices a technical topic for a long time, concepts that were once foreign and difficult become instinctual. This makes it very hard to understand in what ways a beginner could be tripped up. It takes a large amount of thought to avoid this problem, which I think is why much introductory material - blog posts, books, etc., is really sub-par.