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Quantum Cognition and the Limits of Classical Probability Models

Computational Culture ·

Introduction The mathematics of our current understanding of probability was formalized in the 18th century, with the emergence of actuarial insurance, risk management, and shifting economic and colonial power.1 As part of this development, Thomas Bayes (1702-1761) aimed to address the problems of induction formulated by Hume and other Enlightenment thinkers, and fashioned a proposal …

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