Google Researchers have proposed a training method that teaches large language models to approximate Bayesian reasoning by learning from the predictions of an optimal Bayesian system. The approach ...

Mark Given writes in Review of Biblical Literature, reviewing Christoph Heilig’s book Hidden Criticism? The Methodology and Plausibilityof the Search for a Counter-Imperial Subtext in Paul: I only ...

Having a strong opinion about an issue can make it hard to take in new information about it, or to consider other options when they’re presented. Thankfully, there’s an old rule that can help us avoid ...

Imagine a small village where every action someone takes, good or bad, is quietly followed by ever-attentive, nosy neighbors. An individual's reputation is built through these actions and observations ...