How Bayesian Logic Helped Me Stay Hopeful and Reduce Anxiety About Finding My Missing Cat by Edmund J. Janas, II When my beloved cat, nearly 13 year-old Sheba went missing, I was overwhelmed with worry and fear. It’s unlike her not to come in, and she rarely strays beyond the yard. She answers when I call. With the recent heatwave and ealier and earlier Fourth of July Fireworks, I never expected her to flee. What’s worse, Blake, my semi-feral rescue escaped a month ago, doubling my anguish. As someone who’s not a mathematician, I felt lost in the chaos of emotions. However, I decided to turn to logic and artificial intelligence to help guide my search. I applied Bayesian logic to assess the probability of Sheba’s return, using it as a framework to...