Class 31: How Views Diverge With New Evidence

Lesson 31: How Views Diverge With New Evidence

Theory suggests that as new information arises over some question, views of different people should converge. Which sometimes happens. But it also often happens people grow farther apart. We analyze this using logical probability.

All questions will be answered in the following Monday's lecture.

Written lecture:
https://www.wmbriggs.com/post/52962/
https://wmbriggs.substack.com/p/148114398

Jaynes's book (first part): https://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/prob/book.pdf

Permanent class page: https://www.wmbriggs.com/class/

Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science