Throwing out the Bayesian baby with the optimal bathwater: response to Endress (2013).

Running head : RESPONSE TO ENDRESS ( 2013 ) Throwing out the Bayesian baby with the optimal bathwater :

A recent probabilistic model unified findings on sequential generalization via independently-motivated principles of generalization (Frank & Tenenbaum, 2011). Endress (this issue) critiques this work, arguing that learners do not prefer more specific hypotheses (a central assumption of the model), that “common-sense psychology” provides an adequate explanation of rule learning, and that Bayesia...

Not Throwing Baby Out with the Bathwater.

Throwing out the baby with the bathwater: reform in the system for compensating obstetric accidents.

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: can the military's role in global health crises be redeemed?

For decades, military humanitarian assistance programs have avoided empirical scrutiny, leaving researchers, the humanitarian community and decision makers without proof of outcome. This Editorial highlights the findings of three major studies that disclose deficits in the quality of the performance and reporting of humanitarian missions, and offer guidance for change. The author suggests that,...

Legacy Applications - A Case for Restoration?

Although legacy applications often need attention, it is also the case that "legacy" anything has acquired a bad reputation that (in some cases at least) needs restoration. In this talk I will look at various strategies for large organisations with massive investments in legacy software, processes and systems (in the large), to move forward without necessarily throwing out the baby with the bat...