Responding to evidence: what we do wrong and how to do better | Anna Edmonds | EA Global London 2021

One of the most important parts of reasoning well involves understanding how to change your beliefs in response to new information. Unfortunately, this is something almost none of us does well without training. In this workshop, Anna will walk you through the odds formulation of Bayes’ Theorem in order to identify the three independent components we need to update properly. Since Bayesian updating on the fly can be hard, you’ll practice implementing a bundle of trigger-action plans that studies have shown to be successful in helping people respond more accurately to new evidence.

This talk was taken from EA Global London 2021. Click here to watch the talk with the PowerPoint presentation. 

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