We found a small contradiction between the first and second editions of Allen Bloom’s translation of The Republic the other day. The episode shows how it can be useful to have different people in a class using different editions or different translations. I have my old 1976-college-freshman first edition, but I ordered newer copies for […]
Day: May 27, 2020
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Poems
######################################## Poem #1052 by Emily Dickinson reads: I never saw a Moor– I never saw the Sea– Yet know I how the Heather looks And what a Billow be. I never spoke with God Nor visited in Heaven– Yet certain am I of the spot As if the Checks were given– Very […]
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Bayes’s Rule with Frequency Boxes
I am learning Python and CGI. I wrote up the frequency box explanation I use, inspired by Gerg Gigerenzer, so you can put in a hypothetical disease test and see Prob (diseased|test says you are) visually. I need to fix my github post. I am a novice at this. Comments welcomed. See http://www.rasmusen.org/cgi-bin/bayesbox.htm I was […]