If Bayesianism is like Utilitarianism, then the likelihood principle is like Consequentialism.
13/4/2012
“There is no ‘Cloud’: There are only Other People’s Hard Drives.”
— http://www.loper-os.org/?paged=6, 2009
“At a number of places in this book I have resorted to the use of mathematical formulae, unabashed and unheeding of warnings that are frequently given: that each such formula will cut down the general readership by half. If you are a reader who finds any formula intimidating (and most people do), then I recommend a procedure that I normally adopt myself when such an offending line presents itself. The procedure is, more or less, to ignore that line completely and to skip over to the next actual line of text! Well, not exactly this; one should spare the poor formula a perusing, rather than a comprehending glance, and then press onwards. After a little, if armed with new confidence, one may return to that neglected formula and try to pick out some salient features. The text itself may be helpful in leting one know what is important and what can be safely ignored about it. If not, then do not be afraid to leave a formula behind altogether.”
— Roger Penrose, Note to the Reader, “The Emperor’s New Mind”, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989, p.vii
I’ve had a lot of lower back pain recently, almost certainly caused by driving too much in my buckety-seated car.
Saw a great massage therapist today. Asked him about car ergonomics. He said “fix your body not your car”. Specifically, don’t swap the car for another one because “the Eunos 30X … it’s such a lovely car”. !
sin(x) goes into a restaurant and orders a meal. The waiter says, “Sorry, we don’t cater for functions”.
LiveJournal friend kylecassidy mentioned William Wegman recently. I looked him up, and discovered this, possibly the best video ever:
http://www.wegmanworld.com/splash.html
13/1/2012
The other day, Alison drove to the chemist to spend a $5 voucher that had been burning a hole in her bag. She accidentally parked in a clearway zone and got a $206 fine. That’s kind of a net loss.
10/1/2012