Lecture 3: Bayes theorem and human rationality Flashcards
1
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What is being rational?
A
sensitive to all relevant evidence in a situation and the usefulness/informativeness of that evidence when it comes to dealing with uncertainty about the judgment you’re trying to make.
2
Q
Types of probability
A
Frequentists: Dice rolling type probability which is based on well defined sampling procedures
Bayesian: Single event probability which is when you update personal probability and associated with potentially informed subjective belief