Probabilities: Why They Matter and How to Apply Them in Daily Life - Part 2/3: Bayes
Start: Sunday, December 11, 2022 5:00 pmEnd: Sunday, December 11, 2022 6:30 pm
Location: Treffpunkt Freiburg, Schwabentorring 2, 79098 Freiburg (Map, Coordinates: 47.99218, 7.85421)
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Update 2022-12-12
The slides: Probabilities Daily Life - Part 2 - Bayes.pdf .
Organization
You are worried you have nothing to contribute? No worries! Everyone is welcome!
The talk will be in English, but questions and feedback can be given in German as well.
The talk will be until 06:30 pm. Afterwards there is an open discussion and socializing.
You can come even if you missed “Part 1” of this series of talks! There will be a brief recap.
Preparation
None.
What will we do?
Interactive talk on what probabilities are, why they matter and how you can apply them in your daily life to improve your thinking and make better decisions. This time we will focus on Bayes’ theorem, bayesian thinking, how to evaluate new evidence etc.
No mathematical background is required. The goal is to make the topic very intuitive and simple.
This is a joint event with EA Freiburg.
There will be snacks and drinks.