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comment by shoe77
shoe77  ·  4292 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Bayesian Statistics and What Nate Silver Gets Wrong

I don't know too much about Bayesian statistics. But after reading the book, it definitely got me intrigued and was a nice primer to it. Also, the book doesn't just solely talk about Bayesian principles. Silver provides a nice blend of modern examples where the 'signal' gets clouded by noise and whatnot. If anything, it teaches you the biases in thinking when making critical decisions. I would recommend the book