As an on-going multilevel pun (started with my misreading a famous outdoor brand logo as a Viking helmet!), and following popular request (at least from a few participants to our Bayesian school at CIRM two years ago!), I took advantage of one of the numerous make-your-own-tee websites to create a norse farce shop(pe) for afficionadas and afficionados..!
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þe norse farce shoppe
Posted in Kids, pictures, Travel with tags black Friday, brands, CIRM, logo, Luminy, Normandy, North, outdoor, pun, summer school, tee-shirt, Teespring, The Norse Farce, Université Aix Marseille, Viking helmet, Viking longship, William the Conqueror, workshop on November 27, 2020 by xi'anstatistical illiteracy
Posted in Statistics with tags Bayesian Choice, Bruno de Finetti, COVID-19, Luminy, not a book review, pandemic, Poisson point process, Poisson process, public opinion, statistical illiteracy, subjective probability, The Guardian on October 27, 2020 by xi'an
An opinion tribune in the Guardian today about the importance of statistical literacy in these COVIdays, entitled “Statistical illiteracy isn’t a niche problem. During a pandemic, it can be fatal“, by Carlo Rovelli (a physics professor on Luminy campus) which, while well-intended, is not particularly helping. For instance, the tribune starts with a story of a cluster of a rare disease happening in a lab along with the warning that [Poisson] clusters also occur with uniform sampling. But.. being knowledgeable about the Poisson process may help in reducing the psychological stress within the lab only if the cluster size is compatible with the prevalence of the disease in the neighbourhood. Obviously, a poor understanding of randomness and statistical tools has not help with the handling of the pandemics by politicians, decision-makers, civil servants and doctors (although I would have added the fundamental misconception about scientific models which led most people to confuse the map with the territory and later cry wolf…)
Rovelli also cites Bruno de Finetti as “the key to understanding probability”, as a representation of one’s beliefs rather than a real thing. While I agree with this Bayesian perspective, I am unsure it will percolate well enough with the Guardian audience. And bring more confidence in the statistical statements made by experts…
It is only when I finished reading the column that I realised it was adapted from a book soon to appear by the author. And felt slightly cheated. [Obviously, I did not read it so this is NOT a book review!]
souvenirs de Luminy
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags amazon associates, applied Bayesian analysis, Bayesian data analysis, case studies, CIRM, Jean Morlet Chair, Kerrie Mengersen, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Luminy, Marseille, Pierre Pudlo, Société Mathématique de France, Springer-Verlag, Université Aix Marseille on July 6, 2020 by xi'an
Calanques, calanques [aka 40/40]
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel, University life with tags 50/50, Cap Morgiou, competition, concours photo, France, Luminy, Marseille, Mediterranean Sea, morning run, Parc National des Calanques, sunrise, Université Paris Dauphine on May 17, 2019 by xi'an
