As I was reading about that learning algorithm, I was sure it looked familiar (I’ve never even heard of it before). Then suddenly it hit me—this is why I always win at Cluedo!
Say there’s no correlation between the size of a rock and how much Vanadium it contains. I collect Vanadium you see. However, I can only carry rocks under a certain size back to my Vanadium-Extraction Facility. I bring back rocks I can carry, and test them for Vanadium. However, for ease of reference, I call all carrying-size, Vanadium-containing rocks ‘Spargs’. This is useful since I can say ‘I found 5 Spargs today’, instead of having to say ‘I found 5 smallish rocks containing Vanadium today’. I have observed no correlation between rock size and Vanadium content. Is ‘Sparg’ a lie?
As I was reading about that learning algorithm, I was sure it looked familiar (I’ve never even heard of it before). Then suddenly it hit me—this is why I always win at Cluedo!
Say there’s no correlation between the size of a rock and how much Vanadium it contains. I collect Vanadium you see. However, I can only carry rocks under a certain size back to my Vanadium-Extraction Facility. I bring back rocks I can carry, and test them for Vanadium. However, for ease of reference, I call all carrying-size, Vanadium-containing rocks ‘Spargs’. This is useful since I can say ‘I found 5 Spargs today’, instead of having to say ‘I found 5 smallish rocks containing Vanadium today’. I have observed no correlation between rock size and Vanadium content. Is ‘Sparg’ a lie?
edit sorry looks like this actually belongs a bit farther down the comment stream.