Sharon Bertsch McGrayne is the author of several critically-acclaimed books about scientific discoveries, including Prometheans in the Lab, Nobel Prize Women in Science, and Blue Genes and Polyester Plants.
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Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents,... SEE MORE