Rethinking Risk: Conditional Probability | by Rohan Pavuluri | Medium
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I majored in statistics in college. I don’t remember as much knowledge as my parents would’ve liked, but there’s one really inspiring…
Rethinking Risk: Conditional Probability Rohan Pavuluri 4 min read · Apr 19, 2019 -- Listen Share I majored in statistics in college. I don’t remember as much knowledge as my parents would’ve liked, but there’s one really inspiring concept that I learned. Every week, I think about it. Conditional probability. I believe conditional probability is the most inspiring concept in math/stats, and we’d all be better off if we applied it to our everyday lives. Often, I hear my friends say that they want to do something that would make them happier, but they think it’s too risky, so they don’t do it. [
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