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Grateful on Thanksgiving

It was the perfect Thanksgiving break. Shopping with the girls for 7 hours straight. I bought a lot of amazing clothes and then drank a large chocolate milkshake at Whataburger : so satisfying. The next day started early. V picked me up and took me to M place. We spent almost the entire day together, watching Friends and playing with Googly. I headed to R's for A's ring dunk and V stayed back for the dog. A and the crowd went to Lake Bryan. Lying on the cold steel bench and gazing at the night sky, I happened to see a shooting star. I wished upon it.

Bayesian Inference

a priori human Takes shape in a womb Born with a single belief The only certainty is death a normal child From a normal parent A few parameters tweaked Variance is a part of life a pair of eyes Observes the world Trying to fit the curve Trying to be normal a discrepancy Arises upon knowledge The more one grows The greater the correction an inquisitive mind Experiments with the truth Updates its beliefs Doubts the prior an understanding What is taught is only What is probable There is a possibility however a large error In judgment, in labels In conforming to standard Falling prey to bias a posteriori adult Conditionally trained Escaped from the masses Broken the central limit Free. NOTE : Bayesian principle involves beginning with a prior belief about the given data, and updating your description of the data based on observation. What I am trying to get at is simple. You will be born into this world and told you are one thing. You might t...