Replying to Thunor

I studied Bayesian theorem as part of my "Masters in A.I." curriculum.

Just for your interest, I really struggled with Bayes for the longest of time. This "mathematical rule for inverting conditional probabilities" just wouldn't click with me. Part of the reason was me (of course) but in retrospect, I can also see it was not fully understood by our Lecturer. Because nobody in my class "got it" the first time around!

Decades later, I stumbled upon a YouTube video that used neat graphics to explain Bayes in motion, so to speak. Then I "got it"!

When applied appropriately, Bayes is very powerful, and I understand it has been used by the Insurance Industry for decades already.
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Tim Bouma 7mo ago

I'm still grappling with Bayes. I get it nationally but still don't understand it in detail.

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Thunor 7mo ago

I've managed to re-find the video I had in mind, when posting the above. It's by a Y/T Channel I already admired before I accidentally found him teaching Bayes. TITLE: "Bayes theorem, the geometry of changing beliefs" LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZGCoVF3YvM

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Thunor 7mo ago

P.S. Several hours back, I left you a sequence of Messages on Primal (Nostr). Absolutely no rush! But when you are free, it might consume minutes of your time to read thru my rambling Intro before I launch into my key questions about your wonderful "Safebox" project.