Bayesian Cabaret

[-]A1987dM12y50

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HAHAHAHAHAHA

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.

[-]badger17y50

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!)

[-]Robin17y40

I'm not sure if this is an event to celebrate, I think less posts by Eliezer is a bad thing.

[-]Scott Alexander17y110

It's...bittersweet. Like a graduation ceremony. It's nice to know you've learned a lot and reached a level where you can go out on your own. It's sad that you've reached the end of what formal instruction will teach you and you're going to have to part ways with your teachers and the college community. And it's scary that you've got to go out into the real world when you still know so little.

[-]hirvinen17y60

Less posts by Eliezer is bad.

Less work on Things Not To Be Discussed before May is much worse.

[-]Cyan17y10

I once tried to write a take-off called "Damn It Feels Good to be a Bayesian", but I didn't get far.

Anyway, here a link to an extensive collection of math and stats quotes. (Warning: 2,000 quotes, 142 pages.)

[-]steven046117y10

For Bayes humor I recommend Guernsey McPearson.

[-]timtyler17y00

Lyrics to Bayesian Believer: http://math.bu.edu/people/mg/music/believer.txt

For me, "Bayesian Believer" is a funny term. "Belief" has such strong connotations of "faith" for me. I always said that I didn't "believe" in anything - that all was open to doubt.

[-]MBlume17y00

I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear that Tim Minchin was at least a novice initiate in the Bayesian Conspiracy

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