eg: Doctors Getting Bayesian Stuff Catastrophically Wrong. Memorizing Bayes is far less valuable than knowing Bayes exists & when to use it.
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The critical mistake is trying to answer in a muddled way. Maybe this is problematic for doctors, who have to make critical decisions fast?
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But for the rest of us...unlearning getting sucked into giving a nonsense answer for fear of losing face is probably enough.
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I mean, JFC, you think I remember Bayes' Rule off the top of my head? I reconstruct it from the Venn diagram.
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@St_Rev Hah, classic verbal IQ vs visual IQ thing. I have P(A|B)P(B) = P(A&B) in rapid-access and go from there. -
@topynate Yeah, I have to draw the picture, then I get P(B|A) = P(A&B)/P(A). Tomayto, tomahto.
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@St_Rev As you zoom on your pic, do you have a target in mind ? At this point you're about to lose the nose and one of the eyes will follow. -
@TyphonBaalAmmon I guess we'll find out soon!
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