RE: Bayes' Theorem introduction

From: matus (matus@snet.net)
Date: Thu Apr 03 2003 - 17:56:34 MST

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    "for the curious and bewildered; an excruciatingly gentle introduction"

    That accurately describes me, Eliezer thanks for taking the time to put this
    together.

    In regards to Extropians spreading positive memes, the fact that in the
    current state of the world it is difficult to understand just about anything
    science related for the average joe is clear and IMHO completely
    unessecarry, and prevents a *lot* of people from getting more interested in
    science. So, if you are an expert on something, or just well versed, please
    try to write "excruciatingly gentle introductions" to whatever you are an
    expert at, and post it on the web! =)

    Michael
    matus1976@onebox.com
    www.matus1976.com

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
    > [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
    > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 1:30 AM
    > To: extropians@extropy.org
    > Subject: Bayes' Theorem introduction
    >
    >
    > An excruciatingly gentle introduction to Bayes' Theorem is now online at:
    >
    > http://sysopmind.com/bayes/bayes.html
    >
    > Text by Eliezer, cool Java applet by Christian Rovner.
    >
    > (There are still some minor idiosyncracies in the applet, but nothing that
    > should hinder the progress of the reader. Rovner is working on it.)
    >
    > **
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    > --
    > Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
    > Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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