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Category: Math

My ever-growing interest in math began as an interest in epistemology, which features a strong probabilistic component (e.g., Bayesian epistemology). This comes from a yet broader interest of mine in understanding how we represent (quantitatively or qualitatively, consciously or unconsciously, formally or informally) to ourselves our our mind-bogglingly complex world.

That said, on this website I’ve sub-categorized Probability under the broader category of Philosophy. Some of these posts also go under the category of Math, but not all. Which is to say that some posts on this website are categorized under Probability and have math in them, yet are not categorized under Math.

I don’t really know where to draw the line there. So if you’re looking for stuff in the genre of “Is it possible to get 100 Heads in a row?” or “How to lie with statistics” or “Frequentism vs Bayesianism” or “probability is strange,” etc., you might want to check out the Probability category.

Posted on July 17, 2020October 3, 2020

Thinking About Thinking About Kurt Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems (and Consciousness)

Posted on July 4, 2020July 5, 2020

Coupon Collector’s Problem with Stirling Numbers of the Second Kind Part 2: ‘Within’ vs ‘Exactly in’ a Given Number of Die Rolls

Posted on June 19, 2020July 15, 2020

Agustín Rayo Argues for Zero (mathematical platonism vs. nominalism)

Posted on May 31, 2020July 4, 2020

Lost Boarding Pass Probability: Seven Dwarfs & 100 Airplane Passengers

Posted on May 21, 2020July 4, 2020

Fibonacci (and Tribonacci) Numbers Derived from Coin Flips

Posted on April 28, 2020July 4, 2020

Dice Probability: Median Rolls to 6 Sides (Coupon Collector’s) with Stirling Numbers of the Second Kind

Posted on April 22, 2020July 4, 2020

Dice Probability: Median Rolls to See All 6 Sides (Coupon Collector’s Problem)

Posted on February 14, 2020July 4, 2020

Dice Probability: Expected Rolls to See All Six Sides (Coupon Collector’s Problem)

Posted on February 5, 2020July 4, 2020

Dice Probability & Expectation: Expected Rolls to See a 6

Posted on February 1, 2020July 4, 2020

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