BUT NOT BY BAYES The most important formula in data science was first used to prove the existence of God by Dan Kopf Richard Price, Bayes’ theorem, and God by Martyn Hooper Who is Richard Price? According to our former Prof Stephen Stigler “Roughly half of Bayes’s famous essay was written by Richard Price, […]
WIND SPEEDS UP HEAT LOSS Twenty years ago, a German colleague asked me what the deal was with wind chill. I guess they didn’t have it in Germany. I explained it was an attempt to communicate how it feels when there is a low temperature combined with wind. But my colleague wanted to know how […]
APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 17, 2019 We are delighted to announce that the 18th Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality will take place June 11 – 19, 2019, at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany. The Summer Institute brings together talented young researchers and renowned scientists from around the globe and aims to […]
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DEADLINE MARCH 9, 2019 The annual conference of the Behavioral Science & Policy Association (BSPA) will be held on June 14, 2019 in New York City, NY. Attendees include leading behavioral scientists, policy makers, behavioral science consultants, private and public sector executives, and members of the media. BSPA seeks proposals by March 9 , 2019 […]
