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There's too much talk of Bayesianism in fuzzy conspiracy terms and not enough "here's the maths. learn.".
also, I hate getting karma when I'd rather have a reply.
I could vote this up, but instead I'll say that it's especially annoying when I post articles which mostly get karma rather than replies.
I believe "articles which mostly" would make that much clearer.
You're right. Corrected.
Amen (and voted up).
Your own criticism is kind of fuzzy. What exactly does one write about? For example, would http://www.gwern.net/Modafinil#ordering-with-learning be the sort of Bayesian discussion you'd want to see, or is that too elementary and you'd rather something that looks like a later chapter of PT:tLoS?
That's the sort of thing I was thinking of. I want a whole series of content from elementary to advanced.
I suppose what I'm calling for is LW to write a stats textbook with a LW angle on things.
Of course possibly the answer is that such books already exist and I should go read them instead of LW.
What would you call a LW angle on things in the context of a math textbook?
I'm not totally sure (I want to read the book!), but at the very least it'd have more real-world applications than the books on the subject I've looked at.
Ähm, do you know of this introduction by Eliezer?
Here is another one, which I found to very helpful, by komponisto
If that does not suffice read the "Technical explanation" of ( I meant "from", albeit it's not that funny) Eliezer. And if you aspire to become a Jedi Bayesian, just read E.T. Jaynes himself.
Technical Explanation of Eliezer. I'd like to see that. ;)
;) In German there is simply one word for "by, from, of". Kinda handy.