The medical test paradox: Can redesigning Bayes rule help?

post by habryka (habryka4) · 2020-12-24T22:08:30.602Z · LW · GW · 2 comments

This is a link post for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG4VkPoG3ko

A great coverage of one of my favorite Youtuber's of the (on LessWrong) classical reformulation of Bayes rule in terms of odds instead of probabilities. I expect to link a bunch of people to this, in particular if they get stuck reading Eliezer's intuitive explanation of Bayes [LW · GW]. 

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comment by EniScien · 2022-06-21T22:17:38.189Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Oh, I did not expect to see a link to this channel here. I already watched it some time ago, and unfortunately none of the explanations helped me. And recently I suddenly discovered that I understand everything perfectly.

comment by knite · 2020-12-24T23:29:12.655Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I just watched this last night and planned to share it here as well!

Fantastic explanation of Bayesian reasoning. I was already well-familiar (or so I thought) familiar with the concepts, but this video helped firm things up!