Probability underlies much of the modern world – an engineering professor explains how it actually works
By Zachary del Rosario, Olin College of Engineering Probability underpins AI, cryptography and statistics. However, as the philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.” I teach statistics to engineers, so I know that while probability is important, it is…