tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post324252527207083716..comments2024-03-19T01:01:47.629+08:00Comments on Musings on Life in Hong Kong: Probability of Disease - answerStephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-21935610049456514792008-06-09T18:08:00.000+08:002008-06-09T18:08:00.000+08:00Dear Cat, that NYTimes article is very interesting...Dear Cat, that NYTimes article is very interesting. I shall look up Mlodinow's book when I have time. <BR/><BR/>I find it fascinating that otherwise intelligent people often grossly misinterpret probability. Taleb's book provided some convincing reasons which match some of the things I learned from other sources recently (like how the brain works).StephenChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-67705511272192061322008-06-09T18:03:00.000+08:002008-06-09T18:03:00.000+08:00Dear Ann, I am glad it was just a bad dream. The s...Dear Ann, I am glad it was just a bad dream. The surgeries that you had earlier were bad enough. I pray that you won't have to go through anymore of that.StephenChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-19216090705546984242008-06-09T14:49:00.000+08:002008-06-09T14:49:00.000+08:00While we're on the topic, here's more probabilitie...While we're on the topic, here's more probabilities for you:<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/books/review/Johnson-G-t.html?ex=1370491200&en=a10ad5e354f178bd&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalinktabbycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877983885439168415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-20838499691033307802008-06-09T14:37:00.000+08:002008-06-09T14:37:00.000+08:00I had a bad dream early this morning - I had to re...I had a bad dream early this morning - I had to receive yet another surgery on my eye by a doctor referred to me by someone both of them were unknown to me (not the one whom I know well, who treated me succesfully last time). I refused to enter the operation theatre at the last minute and challenged the surgeon as to why we were so un-prepared - without telling me whether I needed to fast, my risk and possible consequences etc. It was horrible, really a nightmare. <BR/><BR/>I had bad experience in my first eye surgery by a doctor whom I think was behaving even less scientifically than me - I had to ask him to ascertain my recovery (3 weeks after the operation) with the optical scan rather than relying purely on his visual judgement and sadly I was proved right that the recovery / surgery was not successful as he presumed it would be! I would not recommend him to anyone! AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com