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Bob Williamson gave his inaugural lecture at the University of Tübingen recently. The photo shows the FMLS group at the reception. A video recording of the lecture can be found here. A pdf of the slides is here.

The usual way probability theory is used is that you posit an algebra of events. Each such event has a probability (that is, it is "measurable"). The assumption that the set of events that have a probability is an algebra means that if A and B are both events then "A and B" is also an event (the...