A visual guide to Bayesian thinking

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a short, accessible intro to Bayesian reasoning and priors.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Julia Galef

Topic

bayesian reasoning

Format

talk

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I wrote the present comment to 1) teach something about mathematics and probability 2) share enlightenment. In summary this comment should change your thinking about all subjects, forever. -------------- Program of study for this comment: 1. Read section 1 (approx. 1 hour.) Goal: improve your …

• Note: as a throwaway I was unable to complete edits to this comment, therefore please upvote (and endorse) only this version. The first version should remain dead as a dupe. ----- In the spirit of the article we're discussing, I wrote the present comment to …

• >You have two options, choose one: Your analysis is sensible. Where we should choose the most likely explanation, it might become sharper: - In case you're not familiar with it, one helpful tool is prior probability (Bayesian thinking). This video is short and accessible: [VIDEO] …