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yay! i like seeing math posts on HN, even though the prob method usually leaves you feeling less than satisfied. the proofs, at least the ones i've seen, don't
by pz 17y ago
yay! i like seeing math posts on HN, even though the prob method usually leaves you feeling less than satisfied. the proofs, at least the ones i've seen, don't usually elicit that AHA moment. but that's just me. i think i still have the copy of the Spencer book i checked out of the library years ago.
- stcredzero 17y agoPerhaps there are alien minds constructed out there whose organizing principle for their version of rational thought involves optimizing Bayesian belief networks, and when they look at these, the deductive reasoning part is unsatisfying, but the probabilistic part gives them the Ah-Ha!
- edmccaffrey 17y agoWhat's the probability of that being true?
- stcredzero 17y agoAH-HA!