enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Pascal's wager - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal's_wager

    In fact, according to decision theory, the only value that matters in the above matrix is the +∞ (infinitely positive). Any matrix of the following type (where f 1, f 2, and f 3 are all negative or finite positive numbers) results in (B) as being the only rational decision. [4]

  3. Problem of points - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_points

    The problem of points, also called the problem of division of the stakes, is a classical problem in probability theory. One of the famous problems that motivated the beginnings of modern probability theory in the 17th century, it led Blaise Pascal to the first explicit reasoning about what today is known as an expected value .

  4. Two at a Biker Bar, One in the Lake - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_at_a_Biker_Bar,_One_in...

    It may be the one decision that finally tears this family apart." [6] Paul Dailly of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 2.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote ""Two at a Biker Bar, One in the Lake" was another ho-hum installment. Frank's storyline isn't even going anywhere if the family doesn't acknowledge his existence, but at least the show is ...

  5. Popov v. Hayashi - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popov_v._Hayashi

    [3] [1] [4] [2] Before the baseball was hit, it was considered property of MLB and after it was hit was considered intentionally abandoned property. Under this theory, whoever comes into possession of it first is the rightful owner. [3] [1] [4] [2] However, in all legal sense, Hayashi had come by the ball lawfully as well.

  6. Caroline Kennedy shares her presidential pick: 'Our ...

    www.aol.com/news/2020-02-04-caroline-kennedy...

    February 4, 2020 at 2:48 PM The race to the White House is heating up, and Caroline Kennedy is the latest high-profile name to share her top pick for Democratic nominee.

  7. Martingale (betting system) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martingale_(betting_system)

    This means the bettor must have over 65,500 (2^15-1 for their 15 losses and 2^15 for their 16th streak-ending winning bet) times their original bet size. Thus, a player making 10 unit bets would want to have over 655,000 units in their bankroll (and still have a ~5.5% chance of losing it all during 5,000 plays).

  8. Campbell's law - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell's_law

    Campbell's law is an adage developed by Donald T. Campbell, a psychologist and social scientist who often wrote about research methodology, which states: . The more any quantitative social indicator is used for social decision-making, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor.

  9. The year female desire went mainstream - AOL

    www.aol.com/female-desire-went-mainstream...

    From Nicole Kidman’s erotic thriller “Babygirl,” to a book of sexual fantasies edited by Gillian Anderson, this was the year the female sex drive took the wheel in popular culture.