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Dogger Bank : Weighing the Fog of War

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Historical outcomes were at one time only possibilities – but how do we distinguish probable real events from improbable ones? Niall MacKay, Chris Price and Jamie Wood use a naval… Click to show full abstract

Historical outcomes were at one time only possibilities – but how do we distinguish probable real events from improbable ones? Niall MacKay, Chris Price and Jamie Wood use a naval battle of the First World War to explain how Bayesian thinking helps historians reason with the uncertainties of the past

Keywords: bank weighing; fog war; weighing fog; war; dogger bank

Journal Title: Significance
Year Published: 2017

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