Potpourri getting 2018 underway

While Steve Bannon & Donny Trump were debating over just where to have a duel at 20 paces, while reverting America back to the 18th century, I was composing this week’s math potpourri:

1)  A “Journey From Frequentist to Bayesian Statistics” via Frank Harrell:

http://www.fharrell.com/2017/02/my-journey-from-frequentist-to-bayesian.html

2)  Another observation from John Baez (and commenters):

https://plus.google.com/+johncbaez999/posts/R1bXyhXvnDs

3)  The latest from “Mathematics Rising” on probabilities, the brain, and perception:

http://mathrising.com/?p=1544

4)  Evelyn Lamb’s January “TinyLetter” is out with a lot of varied material:

https://tinyletter.com/evelynjlamb/letters/stuff-evelyn-wants-you-to-read-12

I’ll probably keep citing Dr. Lamb’s monthly newsletter in the “potpourris” BUT don’t rely on me; subscribe to it for your own email, if you haven’t already:

https://tinyletter.com/evelynjlamb

5)  “The Intrepid Mathematician” briefly tackles the Continuum Hypothesis:

https://anthonybonato.com/2018/01/03/the-continuum-hypothesis/

6)  A new “Carnival of Mathematics” is up here:

http://www.ganitcharcha.com/view-article-Carnival-of-Mathematics-153.html

7)  I s'pose if you wanted to impress some folks with your cognitive skills you could commit the latest-discovered prime number to memory:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jan/04/largest-prime-number-discovered-with-more-than-23m-digits

…Potpourri BONUS! (extra NON-mathematical links of interest): 

1)  2017 ended with this viral tweet & comments… that was worth the wait (I never even managed to get to the end of the comments):

https://twitter.com/FeralCrone/status/947273738151751680

2)  ...and, just a lovely way to begin a new year ...though I suspect the year may rapidly go downhill from here :(((