...and sometimes, those old books will surprise you in a good way. I’m struggling through W. Scott’s ‘Waverley’, and there’s a Lady who was in danger from a hidden Enemy. Unfortunately, even though he is known to the Good Guy, accusing him of ill intent is politically unwise, so the Good Guy conceals himself and ‘stalks’ the Lady as a peasant, … She is bewildered, but doesn’t tell anyone because they would think her given to fancy. He saves her life as a forester, and she sees divine intervention in this and prepares to enter a convent. (She is thought to lose her mind when she tells her observations.) He then reveals himself, she UPDATES her beliefs and they [probably] marry. A Bayesian happy end! How cool is that?
...and sometimes, those old books will surprise you in a good way. I’m struggling through W. Scott’s ‘Waverley’, and there’s a Lady who was in danger from a hidden Enemy. Unfortunately, even though he is known to the Good Guy, accusing him of ill intent is politically unwise, so the Good Guy conceals himself and ‘stalks’ the Lady as a peasant, … She is bewildered, but doesn’t tell anyone because they would think her given to fancy. He saves her life as a forester, and she sees divine intervention in this and prepares to enter a convent. (She is thought to lose her mind when she tells her observations.) He then reveals himself, she UPDATES her beliefs and they [probably] marry. A Bayesian happy end! How cool is that?