Inductive bias refers to your suspicion that if the sun has risen for the last billion days in a row, then it may rise tomorrow as well. Since it is logically possible that the laws of physics will arbitrarily cease to work and that the sun will not rise tomorrow, coming to this conclusion requires an inductively biased prior. ·
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Inductive_bias
Inductive bias refers to your suspicion that if the sun has risen for the last billion days in a row, then it may rise tomorrow as well. Since it is logically possible that the laws of physics will arbitrarily cease to work and that the sun will not rise tomorrow, coming to this conclusion requires an inductively biased prior. ·
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Inductive_bias
When I was young, I read popular physics books such as Richard Feynman's QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. I knew that light was waves, sound was waves, matter was waves. I took pride in my scientific literacy, when I was nine years old. ·
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/08/guessing-the-te.html
When I was young, I read popular physics books such as Richard Feynman's QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. I knew that light was waves, sound was waves, matter was waves. I took pride in my scientific literacy, when I was nine years old. ·
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/08/guessing-the-te.html
A month ago, the military banned MySpace but not Facebook. This was a very interesting move because the division in the military reflects the division in high schools. Soldiers are on MySpace; officers are on Facebook. ·
http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html
A month ago, the military banned MySpace but not Facebook. This was a very interesting move because the division in the military reflects the division in high schools. Soldiers are on MySpace; officers are on Facebook. ·
http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html
people are more willing to accept bad psychology explanations if they include irrelevant brain facts...neuroscience is especially effective as a rhetorical distractor...seductive details...unlimited jargon...reductionist & materialist explanations... ·
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/06/beware_neurosci.html
people are more willing to accept bad psychology explanations if they include irrelevant brain facts...neuroscience is especially effective as a rhetorical distractor...seductive details...unlimited jargon...reductionist & materialist explanations... ·
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/06/beware_neurosci.html
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