gjm comments on Bayesian Cabaret - Less Wrong

19 Post author: Yvain 27 April 2009 10:29PM

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Comment author: gjm 27 April 2009 11:48:11PM 4 points [-]

The audio on that version of "I'm a believer" is really bad (or perhaps it's just my ears), but it sounds as if they kept the lines "without a trace / of doubt in my mind". FAIL.

Comment author: badger 27 April 2009 11:53:06PM *  5 points [-]

Here are the lyrics via The Bayesian Songbook:

V1: I thought inference was just a fairy tale, / Confused by stats and probability, / Frequentist approaches (doo-doot doo-doot) / made no sense to me (doo-doot doo-doot) / Summarizing evidence by p?!

Chorus: Then I saw Tom Bayes — Now I'm a believer, / Without a trace of doubt in my mind, / [I'm a] Bayesian (ooooh) — Oh, I'm a believer — / I couldn't p now if I tried!

V2: I thought likelihood was just the only thing, / Turn the crank and get the MLE, / What's the use of thinking (doo-doot doo-doot) / Disconnect your brain (doo-doot doo-doot) / Play along and minimize the pain...

Chorus: (repeat)

Solo: (keys/guitar)

V3: SAS was out to get me (doo-doot doo-doot) / that's the way it seemed (doo-doot doo-doot) / Fixed effects and forced normality...

Chorus: (repeat 2x w/assorted hollering and out!)