Wednesday, November 27, 2019

opposites; vs; extremes

   
Socrates;        Nietzsche
Epicureanism;        Stoicism  
pleasure;        pain
         duty;        leisure
absolutionism;        relativism
black; white
night; day
wrong; right
good; bad
evil; moral
(Zoroastrianism)

meaningless; purpose
stong; weak
easy; hard
hate; love

philosophic; emotional
stoic; ...?








Bayes Law

Contents
Wikipeda
Kahn
Hofstra
SEP
patrickJMT
Better Explained
Napoletano's videos
Yudkowsky
PDFs
Glossary
Other resources


Wikipedia

P(A|B) = \frac{P(B | A)\, P(A)}{P(B)}\cdot

Introductory example

Events
P(A|B) = \frac{P(B | A)\, P(A)}{P(B)}\cdot \,
or
P(A|B) \propto  P(A) \cdot P(B|A) \

Random variables
If X is continuous and Y is discrete,
f_X(x|Y=y) = \frac{P(Y=y|X=x)\,f_X(x)}{P(Y=y)}.
If X is discrete and Y is continuous,
 P(X=x|Y=y) = \frac{f_Y(y|X=x)\,P(X=x)}{f_Y(y)}.
If both X and Y are continuous,
 f_X(x|Y=y) = \frac{f_Y(y|X=x)\,f_X(x)}{f_Y(y)}.



Khan


Hofstra


SEP


patrickJMT


Better Explained


Napoletano



Yudkowsky


PDFs





Glossary
Conditional probabilities



Other resources










Saturday, October 26, 2013

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

On Vocab


Wired Study Tips
from iTunes U 
by Texas A&M University


  1. Start with a broad understanding of the word: brief research. 
  2. Find antonyms, synonyms, word origins.  
  3. Write our several sentences using the word.