What do you mean by “plain language”? I think all of “corollary”, “stochastic”, and “confounder” are jargon. They might be handy to use in a non-technical context too (although I question the use of “stochastic” over “random”), but only if the reader is also familiar with the jargon.
I also wasn’t familiar with “mu” at all, and Wikipedia suggests that “n/a” provides a similar meaning while being more widely known.
I don’t know what I mean by ‘plain language’. It may be a misnomer. Here’s my first guess:
If it wasn’t invented on LessWrong or the ratsphere generally, requires no fluency with mathematical notation beyond arithmetic to get familiarized with, can be explained in less than 400 characters using only words that a median WEIRD 15-year-old has a 1⁄3 or greater chance of being familiar with, and it seems great to remember, then I will include it on this list.
What do you mean by “plain language”? I think all of “corollary”, “stochastic”, and “confounder” are jargon. They might be handy to use in a non-technical context too (although I question the use of “stochastic” over “random”), but only if the reader is also familiar with the jargon.
I also wasn’t familiar with “mu” at all, and Wikipedia suggests that “n/a” provides a similar meaning while being more widely known.
I don’t know what I mean by ‘plain language’. It may be a misnomer. Here’s my first guess:
If it wasn’t invented on LessWrong or the ratsphere generally, requires no fluency with mathematical notation beyond arithmetic to get familiarized with, can be explained in less than 400 characters using only words that a median WEIRD 15-year-old has a 1⁄3 or greater chance of being familiar with, and it seems great to remember, then I will include it on this list.