Thursday, September 2019
The Bayesian Sampler: Generic Bayesian Inference Causes Incoherence in Human Probability Judgments
The Cognition and Decision Seminar Series presents The Bayesian Sampler: Generic Bayesian Inference Causes Incoherence in Human Probability Judgments Dr. Adam Sanborn University of Warwick Human probability judgments are systematically biased, in apparent tension with Bayesian models of cognition. But perhaps the brain does not represent probabilities explicitly, but approximates probabilistic calculations through a process of sampling, as used in computational probabilistic models in statistics. Naïve probability estimates can be obtained by calculating the relative frequency of an event…
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Capitalism, Conflict, and Cooperation: A Celebration of the Work of Samuel Bowles & Herbert Gintis
Venue & Dates: Capitalism, Conflict, and Cooperation: A Celebration of the Work of Samuel Bowles & Herbert Gintis will be held in the Kellogg Center on the 15th Floor of Columbia University's International Affairs Building (get directions) on Friday, October 4th from 1:30-5:30PM and Saturday, October 5th from 9:00AM-5:30PM. Faculty Organizers: Suresh Naidu & Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University; Michael Reich, UC Berkeley Speakers & Schedule: Friday, October 4th - 1501 International Affairs Building 1:30PM Welcome and Introduction, Suresh Naidu (Columbia) 2:00PM Panel 1: Power and…
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The Center For Environmental Economics and Policy’s (CEEP) Inaugural Conference
The Center For Environmental Economics and Policy’s (CEEP) Inaugural Conference will be held at The Lantern, Lenfest Center for the Arts (get directions) on October 18, 2019, from 9AM-5PM. Faculty Organizers: Douglas Almond & Wolfram Schlenker Schedule: Preliminary Agenda Eyal Frank, Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago Solomon Hsiang, Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley Kimberly Lai Oremus, Assistant Professor, School of Marine and Science Policy, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of Delaware Kyle…
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1022 International Affairs Building (IAB)
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420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027