web01.fireside.fm Mon, 25 May 2026 02:48:48 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Increments - Episodes Tagged with “Ben Does A 180” https://www.incrementspodcast.com/tags/ben%20does%20a%20180 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:00:00 -0700 Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. en-us episodic Science, Philosophy, Epistemology, Mayhem Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. no Philosophy,Science,Ethics,Progress,Knowledge,Computer Science,Conversation,Error-Correction Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani incrementspodcast@gmail.com #8 - Philosophy of Probability III: Conjectures and Refutations https://www.incrementspodcast.com/8 Buzzsprout-4756712 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:00:00 -0700 Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani full Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani 1:10:52 no <p>On the same page at last! Ben comes to the philosophical confessional to announce his probabilistic sins. The Bayesians will be pissed (with high probability). At least Vaden doesn't make him kiss anything. After too much agreement and self-congratulation, Ben and Vaden conclude the mini-series on the philosophy of probability, and "announce" an upcoming mega-series on Conjectures and Refutations. <br><br><br><b>References:</b><br>- <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Ti3Z7eZtud32LhGZT/my-bayesian-enlightenment" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">My Bayesian Enlightenment</a> by Eliezer Yudkowsky<br><br><b>Rationalist community blogs:</b><br>- <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Less Wrong</a><br>- <a href="https://slatestarcodex.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Slate Star Codex</a><br>- <a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Marginal Revolution</a><br><br>Yell at us at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. <br><br><br><br></p> Karl Popper, conjectures and refutations, probability On the same page at last! Ben comes to the philosophical confessional to announce his probabilistic sins. The Bayesians will be pissed (with high probability). At least Vaden doesn't make him kiss anything. After too much agreement and self-congratulation, Ben and Vaden conclude the mini-series on the philosophy of probability, and "announce" an upcoming mega-series on Conjectures and Refutations.


References:
- My Bayesian Enlightenment by Eliezer Yudkowsky

Rationalist community blogs:
- Less Wrong
- Slate Star Codex
- Marginal Revolution

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]]> On the same page at last! Ben comes to the philosophical confessional to announce his probabilistic sins. The Bayesians will be pissed (with high probability). At least Vaden doesn't make him kiss anything. After too much agreement and self-congratulation, Ben and Vaden conclude the mini-series on the philosophy of probability, and "announce" an upcoming mega-series on Conjectures and Refutations.


References:
- My Bayesian Enlightenment by Eliezer Yudkowsky

Rationalist community blogs:
- Less Wrong
- Slate Star Codex
- Marginal Revolution

Yell at us at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. 



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