Concept tag
#probability
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My son says my rain forecasts could be “Dutch-booked”. What does that mean?
This week my son's course reading was about probability, sent, I think, to keep his mother humble. On the phone I told him I was sixty percent sure the rains would come early this year. When he asked about the dry season…
Started by Akosua Mensah4 replies -
My rice cooker says ‘fuzzy logic’. Is that just probability with a nicer name?
We bought a Japanese rice cooker with "Fuzzy Logic" printed on the front, and it has become a running joke in the kitchen. The Filipino line cook says the rice is "fuzzy done". The pastry chef says everything in the kitchen is…
Started by Joel D'Souza4 replies -
Many-worlds is the most conservative reading of quantum mechanics, not the wildest
Many-worlds has a reputation as the science-fiction interpretation. I want to argue it is the opposite: the reading that adds least to the physics. Look at what the others add. Copenhagen-style views add a collapse whenever a "measurement" happens, without saying what…
Started by Pieter van Dijkhuizen5 replies