Numb3rs and my thoughts =))


Numb3rs = tivi series – phim truyền hình nhiều tập :D. Watch for fun. But let’s see what else the film has put in my mind 😐

1. Probability still leaves a space for surprises. Prediction of an event with probability of 86% is high but that event can be realized into null in the end

2.Life follows causality (hệ quả trước sau). One event leads to another event. Plan for a crime always starts with you (hah, a planner) – and you can not be null. So there’s always a trace back to you, no matter how you cover it.
What does that mean? The probability model of an event of crime is
P(Crime | you) = P(Crime | C) P(C |B) P(B | A)… P(A | you)
well, A, B, C are events that help lead to the final crime. What you as a bad guy try do to is to make P(Crime | you) = P(Crime) (* – tội ác diễn ra một cách tự nhiên :-?) so that it is impossible to find you in that chain of events through this classifier

P(you | Crime) = P(Crime | you) P(you) / P(Crime)

The scientists in the movie (Charlies, Amita, Larry…) basically in every crime try to model the YOU (i.e. P(YOU) – to be precise) by several variables, characteristics to narrow to those with high P(you | Crime). If you can make (*) happen, than P(you | Crime) can be P(anyone). Haha…
But well, you CAN’T be null as “”I think, therefore I am” (Descartes).
And bad guys always get caught in the move 🙂

3. Causality, karma (thuyết nhân quả…) is it true that this world operates by these laws? No instantaneous events ? (something relates to Einstein and the speed of light, I guess).

4. Human behavior – hah :D. People believe in God ( Trời, Phật, Chúa, thánh Ala, tổ tiên, Bụt, Tiên… thế lực huyền bí) – and do good acts accordingly (ở hiền gặp lành, lên thiên đường, lên cõi cực lạc…). So we have P(GOD) and P(good acts | GOD) HIGH.
P(good acts) = P(GOD) * P(good act | GOD) / P(GOD | good acts)
But we may admit that “người bản chất là xấu”, hix, meaning P(good acts) is LOW (ít ai rỗi hơi làm việc tốt KHÔNG công), therefore, P(GOD | good acts) must be HIGH – meaning people who do good acts very likely believe in GOD. How about you?

5. … Nghĩ ra gì thì sẽ viết tiếp.

Hehe =))

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