Wild Truth Chase

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Chasing truth weekly in the service of incremental self-improvement.

  1. Book review: The Information

    20.08.2023

    Book review: The Information

    The Information

    18 мин.
  2. Book review: The Theory That Would Not Die

    30.07.2023

    Book review: The Theory That Would Not Die

    Publisher's link for The Theory That Would Not Die by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

    15 мин.
  3. Book reviews introduction

    23.07.2023

    Book reviews introduction

    Nick introduces a new episode type that may end up dominating the feed, at least for the near future.

    13 мин.
  4. S6E11: Are we living in a simulation?

    02.07.2023

    S6E11: Are we living in a simulation?

    We wrap the season with a recap of what we've covered and my thoughts about how these ideas are related to a very general way of analyzing data.

    13 мин.
  5. S6E10: Betting with (in)side information

    25.06.2023

    S6E10: Betting with (in)side information

    We discuss connections between betting and information theory and how this framework for thinking about how being able to accurately estimate probabilities might apply more generally to decisions that we make.

    13 мин.
  6. S6E9: Information theory

    18.06.2023

    S6E9: Information theory

    We discuss basic concepts of information theory as well as some examples of communication processes and compression techniques. The sources for this episode are the following books: https://www.amazon.com/Information-Theory-Tutorial-Introduction-2nd-dp-1739672704/dp/1739672704/ref=dp_ob_title_bk https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Information-Theory-Symbols-Mathematics/dp/0486240614/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1687105608&sr=1-1

    20 мин.
  7. S6E8: Causal inference

    11.06.2023

    S6E8: Causal inference

    I discuss the work of Judea Pearl and how it fits in with the other topics we've discussed this season. We get to vilify, yet again, our old friend Ronald Fisher.

    19 мин.
  8. S6E7: Machine learning

    04.06.2023

    S6E7: Machine learning

    We compare machine learning to traditional programming and talk about some of the core challenges associated with doing machine learning.

    17 мин.
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Chasing truth weekly in the service of incremental self-improvement.

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    Fame and Power Productions
  • Годы выхода
    2022 - 2023
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