Thoughts on belief, knowledge and faith---rational and irrational; my journey to faith, and on the "Limits of a limitless science" (to paraphrase Fr. Stanley Jaki). A discourse on the consonance of what science tells us about the world, and the dogma/teachings of the Catholic Church; you don't have to apologize for being Catholic if you're a scientist.
Saturday, September 8, 2018
New Post: Faith, Decision Making and Probability III:
Bayes' Theorem and the Anthropic Principle
Hello all. New post on Catholic Stand: "Faith, Decision Making and Probability III: <br>Bayes' Theorem and the Anthropic Principle." I derive Bayes' Theorem and discuss two examples of how it is used to incorporate new knowledge into modifying probability as a measure of belief: the Monty Hall problem (the three doors with a prize and goats), and a medical test for a rare disease.
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