A visual guide to Bayesian thinking

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  • I use pictures to illustrate the mechanics of "Bayes' rule," a mathematical theorem about how to update your beliefs as you encounter new evidence. Then I tell three stories from my life that show how I use Bayes' rule to improve my thinking.

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  • @mortimersnead5821
    @mortimersnead5821 Před 7 lety +3361

    If a repair man wants to rob you, he'll do it when he's writing the bill.

    • @michaelhylton1979
      @michaelhylton1979 Před 7 lety +46

      Good One!

    • @ensinitas
      @ensinitas Před 7 lety +93

      TRUE..the repairman was looking to see if there were males in the household or someone else
      who might know he was gouging you when he did the repairs and billed
      you. i know LOTS of trades repair companies (especially plumbers and
      heater/AC) that permit their installers to keep half of the take.
      their crooked tradesmen will look around to gauge the ability of the
      customer to call BS on unnecessary or bogus repairs...especially on
      women who are unlikely to know if there even is such a thing as a
      conibbler pin or a fragistat. years ago my wife got a bid for $750 for
      new brake pads on a small car. when i called the guy to ask if that
      included the rears and new rotors and bearing he said no...JUST PADS,
      front only...no fluid bleed, no bearing regrease, not even a rotor
      resurfacing. i told him he should be ashamed of himself as i had a bid
      from the local legit repair shop for $130 including surfacing, repair
      persons are incentivized to overcharge but are smart enough to do it so
      they don't get caught

    • @BEder-it4lf
      @BEder-it4lf Před 7 lety +9

      Mortimer Snead He likes the way you decorate?

    • @foureyedchick
      @foureyedchick Před 7 lety

      VALID POINT !

    • @chrischaf
      @chrischaf Před 7 lety +10

      You should tell your wife to have her Veyron serviced somewhere else.

  • @SudhamsuSharmaneodonly
    @SudhamsuSharmaneodonly Před 6 lety +1304

    before video : chances of me being a millionaire 0.1%
    after video : i applied bayesian thinking (remembered my priors) , now the chance is 0.0001%

    • @asdfghyter
      @asdfghyter Před 6 lety +19

      What was the new piece of information you used to update your priors? I'd love to see the full calculation. ;)

    • @williamandersen6980
      @williamandersen6980 Před 6 lety +6

      Reality bites!

    • @traveldiaryinc
      @traveldiaryinc Před 5 lety +71

      asdfghyter fact that he is wasting his time on CZcams might be one of them :p

    • @paullelyukh2422
      @paullelyukh2422 Před 5 lety +15

      yeah in America there's 10M millioniares. That's 3.33% of the population. If you save your money not becoming a millionaire is impossible unless you are 50 yrsold, or have an IQ below ~90ish probably

    • @ameliaroque3854
      @ameliaroque3854 Před 5 lety +2

      Sudhamsu
      You live to the ripe old age of 125 :)

  • @chase4339
    @chase4339 Před rokem +3

    Great, explanation. Your real world examples were very useful for me to think through. Thanks.

  • @danielgalvez8118
    @danielgalvez8118 Před 2 lety +5

    This is such an amazing explanation. Thank you so much!

  • @luciferfernandez7094
    @luciferfernandez7094 Před 3 lety +161

    I have absolute no idea why this was recommended to me but here’s a new subscriber.

    • @chrisgadsby5700
      @chrisgadsby5700 Před 3 lety +6

      If the algorithm recommended it, think of it as good fortune. If it was a friend's recommendation then maybe it was a hint to be more open minded?

    • @renend1178
      @renend1178 Před 3 lety

      Yep

    • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468
      @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468 Před 2 lety

      Think like me who doesn't fall in love to you, but who never allow you to be in love with anybody...
      Vs
      Think like I still sense some emotional gamblers trying to snatching you from me

  • @yaboibunsen363
    @yaboibunsen363 Před 3 lety +33

    The fact that none of those stories were completed shakes me to my core.

    • @AmazingRebel23
      @AmazingRebel23 Před 3 lety +3

      I wanna know wtf the repairman was doing because I peek around a lot and i dont have a lot of social experience, so i like to know what things people are doing wrong

    • @AlexRomanov1
      @AlexRomanov1 Před 3 lety

      Ikr?

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way of how I abstract the point of view, that instinct traits of most of us elaborated the different perceives...
    Vs
    Think more as wise as how I become personally persuasive by not forcing anyone in what I believe, as the system wish

  • @training7574
    @training7574 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Very informative and probably useful as an introduction. Neat presentation, especially the graphics.

  • @copypaste3526
    @copypaste3526 Před 5 lety +388

    Most people are really good at "Biasian" thinking.

    • @junkjunk2493
      @junkjunk2493 Před 4 lety +3

      genius pun ... duh

    • @vishnumohank1299
      @vishnumohank1299 Před 3 lety +3

      I see what you did there.

    • @MrEerwin
      @MrEerwin Před 3 lety +2

      ...which is to say, really good at fear mongering and mystical belief.

    • @thomaskember4628
      @thomaskember4628 Před 3 lety

      But they have to weigh up how true it is first.

    • @thechronic555
      @thechronic555 Před 3 lety +1

      bahaha i love puns. really helps that its spelled out lol

  • @MrBrew4321
    @MrBrew4321 Před 7 lety +369

    I've done a lot of repair work, and I know what's it's like to be in the category: "looks like he's going to rob you but really he's just doing his job." Let me tell you - every place is built differently, and you should always keep your eyes open.. One time I found a gas line going into a bedroom and not even capped off. The place would have filled up with explosives at the turn of a knob, well if not for my "snooping about" that is. But it's also part of the job description to not freak people out. I just said, "I need to look around a bit to make sure I know where all the gas lines are going."

    • @FixItHere
      @FixItHere Před 7 lety +25

      That girl did not provide adequate background on stove repair. Like, old house, gas or electic stove. Why is this critical information? A good repair-man/woman, would look around to not only fix the point but also all connected to that point. Also, it would be so easy to inquire, why are you looking into bedroom/s? She phrases it snooping, which is secretly done, which did not seem to the situation/

    • @NB-gu9rs
      @NB-gu9rs Před 7 lety +56

      Uh, I think that might have been because the video wasn't about stove repair. The details are rather incidental to what she was actually explaining.

    • @fireinacan
      @fireinacan Před 7 lety +9

      She's in her thirties.

    • @gorp27
      @gorp27 Před 7 lety +41

      As a repairman also, I'll throw in my 2 cents worth. When you enter a house to do repairs you should always examine your surroundings to identify any potential exit points or hidden dangers such as friendly dogs that don't bite (been bitten twice).

    • @ricochofsky8293
      @ricochofsky8293 Před 7 lety +27

      Brew Sauce+ I've done a lot of electrical repair work, and it becomes second nature when entering an unfamiliar place to glance around looking for potential problems, to a point where one may not even be aware of it. And btw, I've spotted many problems -- shock and/or fire hazards -- that the homeowner was oblivious to. It is the responsibility of the electrician to spot these hazards, point them out, and recommend (even insist) appropriate remedies. I imagine it's the same for someone coming to repair your gas range (assuming it is a gas range). He would want to know if there any other gas appliances in the house, any lines/valves/couplings that might be problem, etc. It would be irresponsible to not ascertain this info.

  • @NicolaEfflandrin
    @NicolaEfflandrin Před rokem

    This was exactly what i was searching for. Thanks Julia!

    • @JamesTaylor-je6es
      @JamesTaylor-je6es Před 2 měsíci

      You are a naturally gifted teacher, thank you very much. This will come in useful for certain areas of interest, in particular biases. If you've not covered Henry George yet, go down that rabbit hole and you may just find something.

  • @JamesTaylor-je6es
    @JamesTaylor-je6es Před 2 měsíci

    You are a naturally gifted teacher, thank you very much. This will come in useful for certain areas of interest, in particular biases. If you've not covered Henry George yet, go down that rabbit hole and you may just find something.

  • @alerus2
    @alerus2 Před 8 lety +84

    As someone who uses Bayesian systems professionally, in daily life thinking, and also to show why other people's arguments don't land, I have to say that this is a fantastic video. It very clearly illustrates to the layperson why Bayes is what is and what the messages are. I will be sharing this with others.

    • @derpestarzt
      @derpestarzt Před 6 lety +6

      Let me guess, you're one of those geniuses that predicted that there was no way for Donald Trump to win? because after all, Hillary got the women vote, the latino vote...lol

    • @djmips
      @djmips Před 6 lety +14

      Let me guess, you're one of those people that mocks people a lot and ends their sentences in...lol

    • @MattColler
      @MattColler Před 6 lety +1

      I've often seen Bayesian analysis in the title of academic papers, and this explained the basic principle. But instead of offering five very similar examples, perhaps she could have moved on to some more advanced applications in scientific inquiry and statistics.

    • @jamma246
      @jamma246 Před 6 lety

      _"As someone who uses Bayesian systems professionally"_
      It's funny, because for people with any amount of intelligence these kinds of methods would just be completely intuitive, obvious or logical when working out decisions, it's incredibly basic mathematics. But then I guess I should never be surprised by how low the bar can be.

    • @Zeuts85
      @Zeuts85 Před 6 lety +1

      +jamma246
      If you think this sort of thinking is intuitive, then you might want to check out LessWrong.com so you can see how deep the rabbit hole goes. Fallacious and biased reasoning is the norm in 98% of the population. Most humans are extremely weak at rationality by default. This makes the world a rather frustrating place.

  • @hugoclarke3284
    @hugoclarke3284 Před 3 lety +727

    Julia I'm guessing you're the math PhD because I would have just straight up asked Tom what his major is.

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more it's the only reason to have a strong argument with what I stand...
    Vs
    Think more as wise as possible it's the hardest way to evaluate life as scout mindset

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more as wise as how I stopped here
    Vs
    Think more as wise as how I understandably win a particular argument with you

  • @pennryan970
    @pennryan970 Před 3 lety +14

    Four years since I first watched this video and for some reason, it is #1 on my recommendations today. Much appreciation. Watching this is bringing back fond memories of a summer long gone.

    • @ArtParlor
      @ArtParlor Před 3 lety +1

      woah, that's SO strange because the same happened to me!
      I got recommended this video and the thumbnail gave me de ja vu, because I've seen it before. And I think it was four years ago as well.

    • @patnolen8072
      @patnolen8072 Před 3 lety +1

      I've noticed a lot of comments dated "2 weeks ago". Maybe this youtube channel is making a big comeback.

  • @1pcfred
    @1pcfred Před 7 lety +31

    The trouble with updating beliefs while encountering new evidence today is we can all find evidence to support any belief. It really depends where one looks for said evidence. We all have so many information sources to tap now. So everyone can easily find whatever echo chamber they need, to reinforce whatever belief they hold dear.

    • @cantkeepitin
      @cantkeepitin Před 5 lety +4

      Your statement is fully correct. It looks that statistics become more stable if you get more and more data. However the quality of data matters a lot too! And this is also included to the Bayes theory! The simplest example is having two Gaussian distributions, if you put them together, the tighter one will win, i.e. the more uncertain one has little impact. Indeed it is hard to quantify everything, but with the Bayes theory all is combined at least in a consistent way. If you want to get on something, the theory helps you not to loose.

    • @mattiasdavidsson7856
      @mattiasdavidsson7856 Před rokem

      Yes, you have to be honestly self aware to be able to use the principle - ie you have to ask the question "how would the data look in my personal echo chamber if I was wrong" vs "how would the data look in my personal echo chamber if I was right"? And you would honestly have to draw the conclusion that my echo chamber will still only resound the message I already have taken as true, wether my belief is true or not.

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more to not be fool either by how others testedly testing my way of knowledge perceiving life...
    Vs
    Think more just like I know what my hands did in an hour, a day, a week, a month, a year and how I bestowed on the outcome of it regularly

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more when I know what's the right thing if you show your dissatisfied about me...
    Vs
    Think more if you don't wanted me to hide anything from you

  • @jamestaylor8217
    @jamestaylor8217 Před 5 lety +27

    Good. I've "known" Bayes' rule for 50 years but your explanation was the best visual one I've seen. I like the way you apply it to everyday life. Thank you.

  • @mikescarborough9196
    @mikescarborough9196 Před 3 lety +209

    Repairman snooping around for the circuit breaker: Appliance repairmen sometimes have this weird preoccupation with turning off the electricity to an appliance before they work on it. 220 volts can really ruin your day.

    • @Tensquaremetreworkshop
      @Tensquaremetreworkshop Před 3 lety +6

      In the UK at least, by law there has to be a circuit breaker within reach of the stove. In the US it will be split phase, so pretty hard to get the full 220v.

    • @walkergarya
      @walkergarya Před 3 lety +15

      @@Tensquaremetreworkshop Most stove are run on 220V as well as electric dryers. Fools and high voltages can soon be connected.

    • @strideman1680
      @strideman1680 Před 3 lety +3

      Maybe he was looking for a bathroom.

    • @Tensquaremetreworkshop
      @Tensquaremetreworkshop Před 3 lety +3

      @@walkergarya Yes, I know. And that is split phase, so 110 to ground. If you are not familiar with split phase, look it up.

    • @49metal
      @49metal Před 3 lety +17

      It's not the VOLTAGE that kills you, it's the cardiac arrest.

  • @kingsumchiu1283
    @kingsumchiu1283 Před 9 měsíci

    Very good video. I m learning statistics and this has helped me a lot

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more as wise as possible the hardest way when I learnt how to trust none when everyone doubted or confused me...
    Vs
    Think more when I learnt how not to trust to those whom I trusted either when they make fun about me

  • @ManiacallySmithing
    @ManiacallySmithing Před 3 lety +6

    I realize I've been using this intuitively for years to fight my, or others' fears. But being able to quantify and codeify it is such work work of brilliance, I'm astounded. That's a smart person.

  • @kustomkure
    @kustomkure Před 8 lety +268

    Got a good chuckle out of the mathematician joke actually.

    • @jti107
      @jti107 Před 8 lety +1

      +Daniel Korolev that was good joke

    • @mynastycomment5360
      @mynastycomment5360 Před 7 lety +5

      Couldn't help smiling when I head the words 'Berkley' and 'snowflake' in the video. Hard to imagine extremely intelligent people becoming snowflakes. But may be there is no correlation between intelligence and wisdom.
      Not saying the presenter is a snowflake. But I see a lot of young people take positions that would be considered 'progressive' in their eagerness to 'look' elite among their peers.

    • @mynastycomment5360
      @mynastycomment5360 Před 7 lety +2

      +B-Rad that's exactly what I am talking about - Classic elitism. I should have also added that this behavior has to do with conforming with 'views' spread by the progressives elites, so one could look like them. It is implied in my statement, but seems some people need more clarification.
      Let me guess, you 'think' to care about animals & environment means to not eat them, because you have 'learned' this info from material that you read or watched on T.V or the internet. If you tell me you have a psychological problem to kill and eat another living, breathing thing, I will probably excuse you. But, the loving animals and earth etc is baloney. You just don't realize it is baloney - that's all.
      If I prove to you that vegetables and plants also perceive pain..... my bad, this has already been proven. (Read about scientist Bose's work from more than a 100 years ago) Will you stop eating food altogether?

    • @sbunny8
      @sbunny8 Před 7 lety +2

      Those studies which claimed to prove that plants experience pain have been debunked. It's not true.

    • @trythinkingforachange4201
      @trythinkingforachange4201 Před 7 lety +1

      sez who sbunny ?

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way as *•Seeing, •Hearing, •Touching, Smelling, •Tasting as key features of CHANEL* in David Berlo's model of Communication
    Vs
    Think more the hardest way as *•Communication skills, •Attitudes, •Knowledge, •Social System, •Culture as key features of RECEIVER* in David Berlo's model of Communication

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more when I'm wise enough to be more than being busy...
    Vs
    Think more when I'm wise enough to not be fool by entertaining hardworking people

  • @tchrisou812
    @tchrisou812 Před 6 lety +256

    I have wondered what happened to Tom, he was my first friend on MySpace.

  • @owleye-nuclei1401
    @owleye-nuclei1401 Před 3 lety +11

    I had a rudimentary understanding of Bayes theorem prior to this video, but now I feel like I really understand it. thank you

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more as wise as possible to not be discourage when everyone says bad things on my back
    Vs
    Think more as wise as possible to learn how to finish my own scheduled duty in a day and bother not with everybody else's businesses

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way when I'm wise to be protective as mother to father, as father to mother...
    Vs
    Think more although most of the time they complain to each other

  • @komalvenkatesh4527
    @komalvenkatesh4527 Před 4 lety +10

    These personal experience examples were amazing, helped understand it more intuitively. Thank you! Came here after crunching through some equations but these real world examples showcased the theorem in a very simple way.

  • @metametodo
    @metametodo Před 5 lety +13

    I've always liked to use something close to this general thought to keep my analysis, general guesses and knowledge of stuff updated and changing, avoiding fixed preconceptions or prejudices. This is quite similar in many ways to my personal system, although I haven't put it down in numbers or created clear rules and patterns, it was more psychological and simple.
    It's very interesting to find something close, and makes me even more interested in the possibility of studying statistics, something I already like a lot, but don't know if I like enough to live on it.
    Thanks for this, I think I first saw you with Matt Parker on Bayes. Keep up the great job. Every detail can have a small influence on coming to momentary (?) conclusions, always doubt yourself.

  • @rajsrini3208
    @rajsrini3208 Před 5 měsíci

    very important what you did on thinking

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more when I'm wise enough to stick with treasure....
    Vs
    Think more it doesn't mean I can be easily fool by those who die-hardly tried to teach me morally lesson

  • @EmblemParade
    @EmblemParade Před 3 lety +10

    Bayes' Rule is an important component of critical thinking. The ability to think critically is a skill that needs to be learned. The challenge is that common sense and intuition are often very wrong, and there's no trivial way for knowing when. It's on a case-by-case basis, and all those cases are about patterns that need to be recognized and examined.

  • @chrisc7265
    @chrisc7265 Před 3 lety +219

    _sees repairman checking out my bedroom_
    _slams him against the wall_
    "8% chance you're gonna rob the place, huh punk?"
    "but sir, I'm here to repair your bed"
    "Bayes would disagree .... get out before I call the police"

    • @orionsghost9511
      @orionsghost9511 Před 3 lety +20

      That would mean there's a 92 percent chance you're just an a-hole ; )

    • @zachhoy
      @zachhoy Před 3 lety +12

      for some reason, the 'but sir' immediately made the repairman British in my internal narrative, making your story even more absurd, thank you sir!

    • @theeouapolal7262
      @theeouapolal7262 Před 3 lety +2

      Odds are he either likes your house, or is shocked to disbelief at the mess!

    • @legnaleama
      @legnaleama Před 3 lety +10

      I just read:
      sees repairman checking out my bedroom
      slams him against the wall
      1% chance this is an adult film

    • @Auxified
      @Auxified Před 3 lety +1

      Why is "Bayes would disagree" both the toughest and nerdiest line at the same time.

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way to fool not by the unsuccessful challengers
    Vs
    Think more as wise as how I trusted my deep rooted instincts

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way as wise as how I'm honest to myself, with every details of how I spend my precious seconds of every minutes of every hours....
    Vs
    Think more the hardest way even when I was supposed to be happy in a framely set-up man-made time-line schedule

  • @sg04f
    @sg04f Před 3 lety +6

    Wow! This was very insightful. Even the way you calculated the conditional probability without using the formula and just using the areas instead.

  • @Failzz8
    @Failzz8 Před 3 lety +145

    The fact that there's so many comments here along the lines of "wow, this totally changed my perspective on everything" is quite unsettling to be honest.

    • @somescams
      @somescams Před 3 lety +7

      But positive.

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast Před 3 lety +4

      Didn't find any, and that's unsettling too

    • @superchangoale
      @superchangoale Před 3 lety +3

      well, It is reflected in the politicians most people choose.

    • @sasisarath8675
      @sasisarath8675 Před 3 lety +3

      ok why did a bunch of people get this video in their feed... pls comment.. what did u last watch?

    • @somescams
      @somescams Před 3 lety +15

      @@sasisarath8675 "How to rob people by pretending to be a repairman"

  • @holtbrian548
    @holtbrian548 Před rokem

    great vid. What's the joint probability prior of shifty eye repairmen?

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more when I can't sleep
    Vs
    Think more the only person I feel secured to tell to

  • @robrick9361
    @robrick9361 Před 5 lety +118

    I never update my priors.
    In fact I would have assumed the repairman was wondering where he was gonna lay me out after eating my liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
    Fake repairman is the oldest cannibal trick in the book.

    • @paperEATER101
      @paperEATER101 Před 5 lety +5

      which is why you're still here to tell the tale ...she's trying to lead us astray ...thank you

    • @Novasky2007
      @Novasky2007 Před 5 lety +3

      I just phone for a pizza delivery -guy-

    • @Chris-bm1wf
      @Chris-bm1wf Před 4 lety

      That's seems like adaptive bias, where we adapt to minimize the cost instead of the actual probability

    • @ezu8501
      @ezu8501 Před 3 lety

      i laughed out loud at this

    • @rufusconnolly8489
      @rufusconnolly8489 Před 3 lety

      I like a nice Chianti. Am I a cannibal? D:

  • @JRandallS
    @JRandallS Před 6 lety +5

    The willingness or openness to challenge your initial impressions, and subsequently alter them, is a component of the attribute we used to call "humility". It has more to do with wanting to see things accurately, than it does with some false sense of being humble.

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more as wise as how I didn't appreciated myself for scoring a good mark in English and Social Science when I did my Matriculation in 2009, as well as how I didn't appreciated myself for falling in the Second position list in my Science background Pre- University result in 2011, as well as how I didn't appreciated myself for getting a B-Grade in my Journalism and Mass communication Graduation, as well as how I didn't appreciated myself for getting a 50% in 1stSem Post Graduation in Journalism and Mass communication report card...
    Vs
    Think more as wise as how I weighed my self educating process in the last 13 years

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way as *•Communication skills, •Attitudes, •Knowledge, •Social System, •Culture as key features of SOURCE* in David Berlo's Model of Communication (1960)
    Vs
    Think more the hardest way as *•Elements, •Content, •Treatment, •Structure as key features of MESSAGE* in David Berlo's model of Communication.

  • @waynedick6989
    @waynedick6989 Před 5 lety +16

    Never did think of Bayes Theorem as a way of life, but it does seem fun.

  • @ponzianomanning3071
    @ponzianomanning3071 Před 2 lety +11

    Your videos have added that extra weight to my priors I need to convince me of the merit of Bayes Theorem. I'm committing myself to practice Bayes thinking. Thank you!

    • @gyrojomo
      @gyrojomo Před 2 lety +1

      My friend; Bayes Theorem is running and operating regardless of your commitment status. To me, the video is a statement and not a proposal.

    • @ncedwards1234
      @ncedwards1234 Před rokem +1

      @@gyrojomo
      Your perspective is of equal relevance to me, a 3rd party stranger. And perhaps OP's statement can nudge one more person into accepting the rationally sound choice of incorporating Bayes Theorem into their lives. That is a non-trivial post, but yours seems negatively intended and leaves me wondering, for what purpose?

  • @anupamanu6520
    @anupamanu6520 Před rokem

    @Julia very good explanation. What is the tool you used to draw the things on screen?

  • @raffisandoval9103
    @raffisandoval9103 Před 2 lety +1

    How do we make balanced/accurate estimates for the figures used in the Bayesian reasoning framework?

  • @sefaemreilikli
    @sefaemreilikli Před 5 lety +123

    I was reading an old newspaper and came across this theorem, thank you for clarifying!

    • @robinsonner5461
      @robinsonner5461 Před 3 lety +6

      why were you reading an old newspaper?

    • @allankuria9923
      @allankuria9923 Před 3 lety +1

      I got an odd sense of deja vu while reading your comment.🤔

    • @CHAPI929292
      @CHAPI929292 Před 3 lety +4

      do you even know what a theorem is?

    • @bukkaratsuppa6414
      @bukkaratsuppa6414 Před 3 lety +1

      Old newspaper? As in, CZcams would only play at 480p in it?

    • @KindaFeelsNice
      @KindaFeelsNice Před 3 lety +1

      Ever in your life did you wish you had a Hurdy Gurdy?

  • @nihil1
    @nihil1 Před 7 lety +22

    I can't believe I took so long to find this channel.

  • @M3t4lik
    @M3t4lik Před rokem +2

    Isn't it amazing how personality and the subsequent psychology factors into not only the type of career path one may choose to do but also their attitude in life? Some people naturally tend to be shy while others are predisposed to be extroverted and thereby inclined to have greater degree of social success - these are the business and management types and are often well suited to their role. Perhaps this could be taken as an indication of what career an individual might be better suited for rather than lumping everyone into a uniform set and expecting them to perform in an identical way in accordance akin to a one dimensional academic expectation. Its like throwing out the baby with the bath water. In education, many will display a greater inclination toward a specific interest that presents itself as a good reflection of what they are really curious about. These subsequently aspire toward achievement in their chosen fields that is often associated with quiet study and solitude (think library) often resulting in an excellence in both attitude and performance. Additionally however, such a generalized performance model or KPI can exclude an individual from achieving their true potential as the expectation is in accordance to a generalization rather than specialization.

    • @williambock1821
      @williambock1821 Před rokem

      What would the personality traits of someone have to be for you to suggest they become a career criminal?

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way with the same anointed computer mouse clicked hand that I communicatedly reached out to you with the flow of highly expressive commenting
    Vs
    Think more the hardest way when it's though for the readers to understand how I combat my normal mind

  • @aeandyeck
    @aeandyeck Před 6 lety +24

    This is great, particularly the animation of updating your priors after receiving new information like in the meditation example. Most people only update their priors when they get a result that confirms their previous bias.

    • @garyloewenthal
      @garyloewenthal Před 3 lety +2

      I reluctantly agree. And I perceive that social media, with its stovepiping algorithms, exacerbates this. One can, almost without noticing, end up in silos where there is a high degree of conformity of opinion, and where differing views are subtly, or not so subtly, marginalized.
      In my own case...though I try to avoid confirmation bias, I have no doubt that I'm afflicted with it. It's easy, maybe even comforting, to be surrounded by people who agree with you, and to latch on to tidbits of info that confirm one's vested position. OTOH, when I re-think a position, based on new evidence, or even a compelling personal testimony or someone eloquently putting forth a different view, it feels liberating.

    • @SibabrataBanerjee
      @SibabrataBanerjee Před rokem

      But remember, she has the scout mindset (and not the soldier mindset) !

  • @qwadratix
    @qwadratix Před 3 lety +11

    It was the 'university campus' bit that got me. If you'd said 'federal prison' it would have been perfectly obvious.

  • @overseer5060
    @overseer5060 Před rokem

    This is really nice way to convey how statistics can be fallable and misunderstood

    • @Dm3qXY
      @Dm3qXY Před 7 měsíci

      not to mention how they are purposefully misrepresented in propa pieces, being reported as percentages without absolute numbers and vice versa..

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way as a person who always managed to complete the task with deadline...
    Vs
    Think more the hardest way to not be fool by the delayers' tactics

  • @Aeshir2
    @Aeshir2 Před 5 lety +3

    a similar method I've used since I read about it in childhood: when the Wright brothers were debating methodologies they'd switch positions and argue for the other idea on the table. it's also a great tool just for building empathy and considering viewpoints that you don't currently, natively inhabit.

  • @gumnaamaadmi007
    @gumnaamaadmi007 Před 3 lety +3

    This popped up in my recommendations. Never have I been so instantly hooked.

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way as how a pile of *Grasshopper* looks like when we cooked them with simple method by attached them in proper arrange on a bamboo piece
    Vs
    Think more as the gold color appearance when they are perfect for having them

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way to fool not by alternative secrets of the miraculous appearers
    Vs
    Think more as wise as how I didn't appreciate the everything comes in one tactics

  • @stuff8481
    @stuff8481 Před 3 lety +8

    As to the final part, "Update incrementally", it is good to keep in mind when doing so that forming a general principle based on personal exposure, even if to many adherents, is still anecdotal not empirical, and thus influenced by the persons own biases or the context of the social norms. So in Berkley, where there is a lot of new-agey sentiment there are more people who feel that meditation is beneficial and this in and of itself can increase ones own personal perception of benefits, or if formulating opinions based on informal tallies of personal interactions, lead you to think, well it must actually have positive benefits because so many of those I encounter say it does. It is much like if you went to Brigham Young you would find many more people who said that prayer caused changes in the world or if you were at a Rainbow Gathering you would find a high percentage of people who felt LSD expanded your mental abilities and capacities.

    • @nancylane8092
      @nancylane8092 Před rokem

      Well said! That incremental exposure to an idea is how advertising works. One would be better off to let the positive words from a respected friend lead them to research the scientific evidence of the changes that, in this case, meditation makes in the brain as shown in brain imaging/scanning..
      Excellent video. Really makes the theory understandable.

  • @wardencobb7442
    @wardencobb7442 Před 5 lety +18

    Damn. You're a good teacher, I actually learned something.

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more to always go with the flow...
    Vs
    Think more yet not to always be over-confident

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way as how the journey of Hindi Journalism began on 30 May 1826 from Calcutta with the first issue of *Uddant Martant* under the editorship of *Pandit Jugal Kishore Shukla*
    Vs
    Think more the hardest way as how Jugal Kishore Shukla was known as an excellent editor and had mastery on many languages including English, Bengali, Urdu and Persian...

  • @haithamal-rijab9734
    @haithamal-rijab9734 Před 5 lety +26

    What kind of watch is Thom wearing? Is he wearing a vintage Casio calculator watch from 1985?

  • @yizeverienametaken
    @yizeverienametaken Před 8 lety +157

    This seems like a good way to justify your position while also being wrong. I like it.

    • @speirk
      @speirk Před 7 lety +13

      Late to the party, but best comment. This is Bayesian Feelings. Even got the formula wrong.

    • @thedevilsadvocate5210
      @thedevilsadvocate5210 Před 7 lety +2

      maybe he was just nosey, it sounds like an episode of law and order

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 Před 7 lety +2

      Maybe he's in the middle of designing a new house/decorating ... bottom line, assume nothing. At the same time though, trust no one ... ...

    • @amisfitpuivk
      @amisfitpuivk Před 6 lety +12

      I had the same thought when she mentioned meditation. How can sitting down and doing nothing be 'fake'? More like 'I dont have what it takes to do it, so I'm gonna call it fake to convince myself it doesn't work'

    • @skcrm1147
      @skcrm1147 Před 6 lety +2

      Why would you like something that encourages falsity and error? Are your feelings more important than discerning the truth (which is the basis for this whole video)?

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way, since 25 minutes ago with musical tracks that suit a mood of a day, less with relaxed cafe tune I listened a moment before my lunch, less as a 1500g of potatoes I forgot to mention that I picked from eldest brother this morning, less with the old lady who walked in the house compound, the hardworking gate rigid plasterer, the hard working clothwashing maid, the uncle's son who recently showed-up, the house-room floor washing sister, the neighbour garden owner....
    Vs
    Think more the hardest way as album reeling film photo of 2005-2008

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more as wise as possible with Computing W is for Wide Area Network...
    Vs
    Think more as wise as possible with Computing X is for Xperia

  • @Nahueldelasideas
    @Nahueldelasideas Před 3 lety +5

    Man I can't wait for this to be implemented in the next patch.

  • @Khyrid
    @Khyrid Před 3 lety +9

    Meditation is real, the mind is a real rabbithole. I accidently stumbled upon a type of walking meditation. It shifted my mood and how I prioritize things for a few weeks. I was very productive, the effect was acute and obviously to me had began after the meditation experience. But I was unable to reproduce it.

    • @clarkkent3730
      @clarkkent3730 Před 3 lety

      i believe you! ....that is because you can only move forward to the next level of meditation and can never remanufacture a previous season of it as it is a spontaneous newfound prayer which is nestled between two eternities which shall never occur again! we go from faith to faith and from glory to glory! Eventually, if one continues in meditation to its supernatural end, you graduate from meditation into contemplation, which is effortless perpetual spiritual prayer without the use of the natural carnal intellect!

    • @Khyrid
      @Khyrid Před 3 lety

      @@clarkkent3730 It seems to me more of a natural thing, but to each their own.

    • @genkiferal7178
      @genkiferal7178 Před 3 lety

      a math professor i sort of knew meditates often

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more as ownership secrets..
    Vs
    Think more to fool not by acclaimers tactics

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest lesson for self...
    Vs
    Think more the only way for blessing life

  • @sarscov9854
    @sarscov9854 Před 3 lety +5

    I don't know much about meditation, but as far as I do know, meditation is nothing more than you practicing to control your racing thoughts. And as we all may know, the more you practice something, the better you get at it.

    • @amor_universal
      @amor_universal Před 3 lety +1

      @Fernando Cunha I'd actually say that it is incredibly simple once you get the hang of it. What could be simpler than winding down? I've done it for 10 years and I love it.
      I'd also just say that it is more about being attentive and open to yourself than about actually wanting to controlling your thoughts, though it's true they will become calmer and more focused.
      I would agree however, that without some practice in a meditation centre under a proper teacher it can be difficult to get the hang of it by yourself.
      I highly recommend the books and talks (a lot of them are in youtube) by Thich Nhat Hanh (vietnamese zen master). He speaks plainly and powerfully, in a way akin to science. He likens zen theory to Lavoisier's principle of the conservation of mass. And you can feel that he is largely free from attachment and dogma.

  • @scarbrtj
    @scarbrtj Před 5 lety +41

    based on this video i am going to predict you will make more videos with light switches in background

    • @marctorsoc8309
      @marctorsoc8309 Před 5 lety

      hilarious, was laughing for 2min :DDD

    • @geeyore7726
      @geeyore7726 Před 5 lety +1

      Right on. I can only remember this talk as the Light Switch Theorem

    • @slkslk7841
      @slkslk7841 Před 4 lety +2

      Your 'prior' that the switches are majorly for lights needs to be updated.

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way to satisfy not only at the level of how others perceived me morally...
    Vs
    Think more the hardest way about how I believed in the positiveness of why I didn't have to agree with all they elaborated their point of views

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think less as Zeal, Prudence and Wisdom
    Vs
    Think more as Come to Learn, Go to Serve/Arise and Shine/Inspired by Life/Rise up and Build

  • @quabot
    @quabot Před 6 lety +4

    Good logic. I've cultivated this in myself, though I never knew a particular name for it.

  • @RechtmanDon
    @RechtmanDon Před 5 lety +9

    Bayesian thinking is a tool that may help defuse prejudices.

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more even if I had nothing in mind to say...
    Vs
    Think more yet I can't be repeatedly fool like I still have times to happy with others when I'm actually not for one reason

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more as I grow old...
    Vs
    Think more as automatically regretter once I came across and encountered with stuffs that makes me Reasonable regarding with our daily behaviours

  • @misterrea861
    @misterrea861 Před 3 lety +86

    Another important clue that Tom is a Math PhD student: He's walking. MBA students travel around campus in golf carts that they stole from the campus maintenance department.

    • @dannygjk
      @dannygjk Před 3 lety +3

      Exactly.

    • @philipocarroll
      @philipocarroll Před 3 lety +2

      Remember your priors!

    • @eterno2457
      @eterno2457 Před 3 lety +2

      remember your priors, how likely is it that a math PhD has the courage to venture outside of their room and into the savage social environment of the campus

  • @bluegiant13
    @bluegiant13 Před 7 lety +28

    That math joke was pretty funny lmfao

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more when I'm wise enough to stick with the last updating photos...
    Vs
    Think more when I cannot be fool like I wasted my day as Social media addicters

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the hardest way with some common backup tools available in the market such as
    •Backup Home, •Auto back-up, •Taskzip, •Backup Platinum etc...
    Vs
    Think more the hardest way as how several methods for data backup can be included such as Full Backup, Incremental Backup, Online Backup, Drive Imaging etc

  • @PaulCourtney
    @PaulCourtney Před 7 lety +10

    I've been struggling to "get" bayesian stats for a couple of years, sorry to say, because even in my technical work (biomedical informatics) I need visual representations of abstract relationships to help me think through problems. So your visual aids were extremely helpful to me. They took a rather wobbly abstract concept of priors and offloaded them to a visual concrete representation to reduce cognitive load. Thanks so much and I've subscribed to see what else I can learn!

    • @alfredwhittingdale9192
      @alfredwhittingdale9192 Před 5 lety

      To me, it's a cognitive load even after visual representations. One is either numerically/scientifically predisposed or isn't. I don't think you can force yourself to become adept at something you're not naturally adept at.

  • @kirkufc
    @kirkufc Před 7 lety +6

    I think people should learn Bayesian from its statistical development. Bayesian method in psychology is just scratch the surface.

  • @MrErick1160
    @MrErick1160 Před 4 měsíci

    There’s also something called human nature, and if you understand how the brain works, you can infer easily how meditation can improve someone’s life. So even though Bayesian think can make you kind of a more pragmatic person, it still doesn’t replace domain knowledge and common sense.

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more by not being curious...
    Vs
    Think more but to speak up what's in mind

  • @locutusdborg126
    @locutusdborg126 Před 7 lety +3

    Excellent video.

  • @parepidemosproductions4741

    basically, consider everything before casting judgement. I agree.. also accept that you could be wrong. also I agree...

    • @troooooper100
      @troooooper100 Před 5 lety

      more like consider likelihood of event happening due to volume/sample size.
      If sick person vomits 5/10.
      If healthy person vomits 0.5/10.
      There are 4 million healthy people.
      There are 1000 unhealthy people.
      So, 200000 healthy people are vomiting.
      500 unhealthy people are vomiting.
      A person vomits. He has 1:400 chance he is sick, vs 400:1 he is healthy. 400 x more chance.

    • @parepidemosproductions4741
      @parepidemosproductions4741 Před 5 lety

      @@troooooper100 I love math. but that's too much math every day... but thanks 😅

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more the wisest way back to where I stopped last night with *Communication Dynamics* on *Do you Understand* ?
    Vs
    Think more the wisest way how I should *Ask myself, as a communicator, "Am I clear in my own mind about what I'm trying to say to others?"*

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more beyond what's too easy for me at present on any thing I focus on..
    Vs
    Think more beyond whats to difficult for me in the past on anything I focus on

  • @RBCharger
    @RBCharger Před 5 lety +220

    I couldn't help being distracted by that light switch just left of your head, so . . .
    Bayesian thinking:
    1. By your accent, you are probably American filming this in the USA.
    2. Common US building code makes the top of the light switch about 4' high.
    3. By making a quick judgement call, if you were standing up for this video your height would be about four foot, three inches.
    4. By my experience the percent of adult women in the US who are only that tall is less than 1%.
    5. I am adjusting my perception of you standing in front of a wall to perceiving you seated in a normal chair talking to a camera on a tripod.
    Okay, I am subscribing to your channel.

    • @Competitive_Antagonist
      @Competitive_Antagonist Před 5 lety

      Maybe the light switch is just low down.

    • @tsaszymborska7389
      @tsaszymborska7389 Před 5 lety +16

      That is just in your head Scott. She just wants to explain things right in the video. And she does. There isn’t any more to this video.

    • @user-mn8th3ie1t
      @user-mn8th3ie1t Před 5 lety

      Spot on. Very insightful.

    • @MsStaceysclass
      @MsStaceysclass Před 5 lety +11

      Hey Scott: what percentage of women's garments are low cut? Have a look around the stores, I'll wait.

    • @DeKosta
      @DeKosta Před 5 lety

      @sk54931 Perfect height for a woman that is, yes.

  • @jimjmcd
    @jimjmcd Před 6 lety +47

    In 2002, Angela Cannings of Salisbury in the UK was convicted of murder in the death of her second and third children, apparent victims of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). The prosecution argued that the probability of a single instance of SIDS is 0.004% and therefore probability of a second instance is so small that homicide is the only likely explanation. The conviction was overturned on appeal when a statistician testified that, while the probability of two SIDS deaths in one family was vanishingly small, the probability of two infanticides by a healthy middle-class mother was actually much smaller. This is what can happen when you don't remember your priors!

    • @deldia
      @deldia Před 6 lety +24

      Jim McDonald that’s not what happened at all. The problem was with the assumption that sudden infant death syndrome events in a family are independent events. The expert witness in the first trial believed this. But on appeal they found a different expert witness that showed they are not independent events and that sudden infant death syndrome has been shown to be influenced by inherited genes. It wasn’t overturned because the probability was indeed vanishingly small but double infanticide less so, it’s the fact that it isn’t vanishingly small at all!

    • @travcollier
      @travcollier Před 6 lety +1

      A better example is the early use of DNA evidence. Probabilities of marker matches were given as if the suspect were randomly chosen from the entire population the DNA database was based on (naive frequentist). Of course, the actual pool of plausible suspects was normally limited to people in a single community or sometimes even a single family, where the probability of sharing particular markers can be quite different. Gets even worse when talking about multiple markers and their joint probabilities. There are details I'm leaving out, but that is the very general idea.
      This was all put in frequency language, but it blindingly obvious if you just use a Bayesian framing.
      My PhD adviser (population genetics) actually testified in court as an expert witness against DNA evidence in some of those early cases; then turned around and testified in support of DNA evidence (including some Innocence Project stuff) once the FBI got their shit together on the statistics.

    • @medexamtoolsdotcom
      @medexamtoolsdotcom Před 5 lety +2

      All this proves is that our society is incredibly gynocentric and women are allowed to get away with murder. The UK is known for being REALLY bad about this. I wonder what they did if she killed a 3rd later on: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/16/oxford-student-spared-jail-extraordinary-talent/

    • @medexamtoolsdotcom
      @medexamtoolsdotcom Před 5 lety +1

      Also, no statistician "proved" that the probability of 2 infanticides by a middle class mother is much smaller. If she kills once, she's FAR more likely to kill again than a RANDOM OTHER female member of the population. I don't believe for a MOMENT that this was legitimate math. This is gynocentrism. The pussy pass.

    • @rchetype7029
      @rchetype7029 Před 5 lety +3

      I would also imagine that multiple incidences of SIDS occuring in proximity wouldn't be a true statistical anomaly since the deaths could have been caused by the same factors.

  • @jimnesstarlyngdohnonglait3468

    Think more as wise with 98 minutes ago since 03:00 PM
    Vs
    Think more as wise as how I stopped having evening refreshment tea and lunch at home, yet with a somehow little effort I managed to cut the grasses as I was assigned to

  • @LeeCarlson
    @LeeCarlson Před 6 měsíci +1

    I would assign a high probability that Tom is on the Autistic Spectrum (based on his behavior and my experience with people on the Spectrum), which would add to my confidence that he's a math student because I have noticed a high proportion of ASD persons tend to excel at math but have little interest in business.