PhilGoetz comments on Information theory and the symmetry of updating beliefs - Less Wrong

45 Post author: Academian 20 March 2010 12:34AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Article Navigation

Comments (28)
Tags: information log odds bayes theorem bayesian beliefs updating theory

Comments (28)

You are viewing a single comment's thread.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 23 March 2010 10:17:55PM *  5 points [-]

For something more coherent and in-depth, A Mathematical Theory of Communication, Shannon (1948), which is credited with pioneering modern information theory, impressively remains a fantastic introduction to the subject.

One year later, in 1949, "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" was reprinted as "The Mathematical Theory of Communication". Which shows how rapidly people recognized that this came from The Book.

Powered by Reddit Powered by Reddit