I’m Lorenzo, 31, from Madrid, Spain (but I’m Italian). I’m an evolutionary psychologist, or try to be, working on my PhD. I’m also doing a Master’s Degree in Statistics, in which I discovered (almost by accident) the Bayesian approach. As someone with a longstanding interest in making psychology become a better science, I’ve found this blog a very good place for clarifying ideas.
I’ve been a follower of Less Wrong after reading Eliezer’s essays on Bayesian reasoning some 3-4 months ago. I’ve known the Bayes theorem for quite a long time, but little or nothing about the bayesian approach to propability theory. The frecuentist paradigm dominates much of psychology, which is a shame, because I think bayesian reasoning is much better suited to the study of mind. There is still a lot of misunderstanding about what a bayesian approach entails, at least in this part of the world. Oh, well. We’ll deal with it.
Huh, I guess I should have come here earlier…
I’m Lorenzo, 31, from Madrid, Spain (but I’m Italian). I’m an evolutionary psychologist, or try to be, working on my PhD. I’m also doing a Master’s Degree in Statistics, in which I discovered (almost by accident) the Bayesian approach. As someone with a longstanding interest in making psychology become a better science, I’ve found this blog a very good place for clarifying ideas.
I’ve been a follower of Less Wrong after reading Eliezer’s essays on Bayesian reasoning some 3-4 months ago. I’ve known the Bayes theorem for quite a long time, but little or nothing about the bayesian approach to propability theory. The frecuentist paradigm dominates much of psychology, which is a shame, because I think bayesian reasoning is much better suited to the study of mind. There is still a lot of misunderstanding about what a bayesian approach entails, at least in this part of the world. Oh, well. We’ll deal with it.
Thanks and keep up the good work!