bayesophilia
Original: bayesophilia on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (top, wide):
A mathematical equation written above a person with curly red hair and round glasses:
P(he likes that | he says he likes that) = [ P(he says he likes that | he likes that) P(he likes that) ] / P(he says he likes that)
Panel 2:
The red-haired person (eyes closed, leaning in toward a dark-haired partner): YOU LIKE THAT, BABY?!
Dark-haired partner: YES.
Panel 3:
The red-haired person with glasses (smiling, eyes hidden behind reflective glasses): YEAH, YOU PROBABLY LIKE THAT, YOU NAUGHTY BOY.
Panel 4:
Dark-haired partner: I DO LIKE THAT.
Red-haired person: PROBABLY.
Votey:
A hand-drawn rough sketch of a person's face looking annoyed.
Speech bubble (from off-panel/the partner): I don't like your attitude.
Second speech bubble (reply): Probably
A mathematical equation written above a person with curly red hair and round glasses:
P(he likes that | he says he likes that) = [ P(he says he likes that | he likes that) P(he likes that) ] / P(he says he likes that)
Panel 2:
The red-haired person (eyes closed, leaning in toward a dark-haired partner): YOU LIKE THAT, BABY?!
Dark-haired partner: YES.
Panel 3:
The red-haired person with glasses (smiling, eyes hidden behind reflective glasses): YEAH, YOU PROBABLY LIKE THAT, YOU NAUGHTY BOY.
Panel 4:
Dark-haired partner: I DO LIKE THAT.
Red-haired person: PROBABLY.
Votey:
A hand-drawn rough sketch of a person's face looking annoyed.
Speech bubble (from off-panel/the partner): I don't like your attitude.
Second speech bubble (reply): Probably
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. The top panel shows a person with curly red hair and round glasses beneath Bayes' theorem written out: P(he likes that | he says he likes that) equals P(he says he likes that | he likes that) times P(he likes that), divided by P(he says he likes that). In the next panels, during an intimate moment, the red-haired person asks a dark-haired partner 'You like that, baby?!' The partner says 'Yes,' but the glasses-wearer, ever the Bayesian, replies 'Yeah, you PROBABLY like that, you naughty boy.' When the partner insists 'I do like that,' they coolly answer 'Probably' — refusing to assign certainty even to a direct statement. Votey: a rough sketch of an irritated face; the partner says 'I don't like your attitude,' and the Bayesian replies 'Probably.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.