I wanna be a student, too!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

At least you're doing it for a degree.

It's not for a degree, though, is what I'm saying. Calculus doesn't apply to my Masters. I won't need it for my PhD. The only possible chance I could even have to take it is afterward, for funzies.

[LMNO]

Yay!  I'm not alone!

LMNO
-totally forgot that a negative number squared has a positive answer.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Yay!  I'm not alone!

LMNO
-totally forgot that a negative number squared has a positive answer.

Maybe we can start a movement of middle-aged people taking math for fun!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I think I've mentioned it before, but one of my good friends started teaching herself math late in life, and loved it so much that now she's a math teacher.

[LMNO]

That's pretty awesome.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

This seems like the right thread to ask in; in your sig, why is the simplified expression on the left?

[LMNO]

I misread your initial question, so I deleted my answer as to not sound pedantic.

I believe the simplified expression is on the left because probabilities, for some reason, are read right to left.

Because this is Bayes' theorem, I believe it's interpreted as "The probability of the event happening is equal to the conditions relating to that event."

Jeez, I hope that was the answer you're looking for.

(makes a mental note to expand into statistics and probability classes)

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I misread your initial question, so I deleted my answer as to not sound pedantic.

I believe the simplified expression is on the left because probabilities, for some reason, are read right to left.

Because this is Bayes' theorem, I believe it's interpreted as "The probability of the event happening is equal to the conditions relating to that event."

Jeez, I hope that was the answer you're looking for.

(makes a mental note to expand into statistics and probability classes)

That is the answer to what I was wondering! Thank you.