Last time, using Takaaki Yoshimoto's auxiliary line of 'communal illusion,' I discussed how the common sense and rules instilled in us by society bind our perception as rigid 'prior probabilities ...

Given that he is the father of a theory with such a profound impact on the world, one might imagine that Thomas Bayes (c. 1701–1761) was a world-renowned mathematical genius who left his mark on ...

The word 'statistics' has two meanings—the use of numbers to describe whole patterns of activity (for example, baseball statistics), and the analytic methods that allow manipulation of such data. The ...

Introduction In 2021, globally, cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) accounted for 35% of the 1.73 billion disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributed to non-communicable diseases. The Healthy Life ...