
Ep. 245 - Axioms of Probability
The Local Maximum with Max Sklar
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The Kolmogorov Axioms for Probability
Axioms don't come out of thin air. They usually come from many years or you know even generations or centuries of mathematicians working through problems a certain way and then the people who write these axioms are called systemitizers. Every great scientist and mathematician is actually a systemitizer Which is so it might sound like a mirror kind of bureaucrat But it's actually a really really important thing they write up the rules that the people were following all along. So why write the rules if people are already following them? That's an interesting question. I think the answer is well first of all you're much less likely to make mistakes if it's written down It gives you more
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