Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => Science and Technology => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on December 27, 2019, 07:05:30 PM
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Or the joy of the Christmas lectures
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000crbl/royal-institution-christmas-lectures-2019-secret-lies-the-hidden-power-of-maths-1-how-to-get-lucky
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Very effective demonstration of Bayes Theorem in action. Also, the bit about vaccination was pretty good.
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Very effective demonstration of Bayes Theorem in action. Also, the bit about vaccination was pretty good.
I love that this is about maths. So many people don't get it.
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Love the Christmas lectures. Also loved the demonstartion of herd immunity.
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Hannah Fry can share my Turkish delight anytime 8)
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It is interesting to note that Hannah Fry told her audience about AI being used as a diagnostic tool by clinicians - the example she talked about was the identification of macular degeneration in the eye. Today we have the revelation that AI is more effective method of identifying breast cancer than is a radiologist working alone.