Content tagged probability
Blog Entries
Unusual response from Stephen Hawking, in response to a question about whether he thought he’d get a Nobel Prize: “If the LHC were to produce little … gulfstream/2512
Are good fund managers simply lucky fund managers? About stocks, Nassim Taleb is sure of only one thing: that the probability of exceptional events—S11, … gulfstream/805
“The Pentagon scraps its startling plan for a terrorism futures market.” “Startling” is about right—politically, there was no way the … gulfstream/1226
On slot machines. This piece is frustratingly vague on just how manipulative slot machines are. Slot machines will apparently deliver an exciting … gulfstream/1433
Researchers can’t do stats right: study finds that the reported probability that a result was due to chance is wrong 11% of the time. gulfstream/1465
Er, maybe it’s not a good idea to get theater critics to write reviews of math books. “An accumulation of random data always generates this … gulfstream/1627
Quotes Collected
[John] Donne hated milk. Mortally sick, about to celebrate his death by sitting for his portrait in a shroud, he was urged by his doctor that 'by Cordials, … quotes/449
