Some say that if you can’t measure something, you’re not doing science. Bayesian logic offers a way to measure things that were previously unmeasurable, allowing us to test hypotheses and predictions ...

It is argued that the high degree of trust in the Higgs particle before its discovery raises the question of a Bayesian perspective on data analysis in high energy physics in an interesting way that ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. From Mr Gerry Clarke. Sir, I beg to differ with Professor Wilfred Beckerman (Letters, October 8). The model he ...

Given a few assumptions, the probability of a conjunction is raised, and the probability of its negation is lowered, by conditionalising upon one of the conjuncts. This simple result appears to bring ...