We left off last time with the statement of Bayes’s Theorem. Let’s walk through this equation.
Month: May 2017
Women Empowerment and Coldplay
As my last post with QC Voices, I thought I would end on a note that summarized what I’m all about. I love to write, I always have something to say, I’m politically active, I always have something to say, I like to sing, and I care very much about empowering women. For those of […]
Hidden NYC – Bored? Check Out This List of Weekend Activities
Why sit around watching re-runs at home when the world is your adventure? Put down the snack bowl, get out of your NYC apartment and go exploring! 1. Flushing Town Hall (137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY 11354) Flushing Town Hall may not be as massive or as renowned as Carnegie Hall, but do not let that stop you from checking out this […]
Dignity in the Face of Women Shaming in 2017
In a world of double standards, women have long needed to justify themselves So, in America, movements such as Women’s Rights, and people like Susan B. Anthony are key players in history, despite the fact that her movement for suffrage excluded women of color. At least, it was a stand taken in the modern world. […]
Bayes’s Theorem: Part I
On a Friday afternoon in 1989, the physicist Leonard Mlodinow got a phone call from his doctor. His doctor told him there was an over 99 percent chance that he was infected with HIV.
The doctor was wrong. Not only was the physicist HIV-free, the chances that he was sick had really been less than 10 percent.
The doctor had done his medical testing perfectly. He just messed up the statistics.
In particular, he failed to use Bayes’s Theorem.
How Memes Are Making Hits
Kendrick Lamar may not be feeling so “Humble” this week. All of the tracks from his new album DAMN. charted in the Billboard Hot 100, including “Humble,” which has become the number one song in the country, and “DNA,” which debuted at an impressive #4 after the War Machine-starring video debuted earlier this week. Despite Kendrick’s […]
