Knowledge and Uncertainty

Question 1

What are maximally informative questions?

Answer 1

The most informative questions, which are the ones whose answer we are the most uncertain about.

Question 2

What do you need to do when evaluating a question?

Answer 2

We need to consider both possible answer: “yes” and “no

Question 3

How can we quantify uncertainty?

Answer 3

By counting the number of maximally informative questions required to resolve our lack of knowledge.

Question 4

What happens every time you double the number of possibilities?

Answer 4

You increase the missing information by one bit.

Question 5

What are maximally informative questions also known as?

Answer 5

Bits (ex. if a situation requires 3 bits to find the answer, you need to ask a minimum of 3 maximally informative questions to find the answer.

Question 6

If suspect i has probability pᵢ of being the criminal, then what is the relationship between the amount of missing information and the probability that they’re the criminal?

Answer 6

pᵢ = 1/2^(missing information).