I believe that almost all important, useful ideas are simple. Peter Whittle has recently put it nicely in an autobiographical essay. "If a piece of work is heavy and complicated then it is wrong." . . . Some writers feel… — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
Uncertainty is a personal matter; it is not the uncertainty but your uncertainty. — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
In my opinion, it helps enormously to know why something is true, rather than being told it is true, for why should you believe… — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
It is dangerous to attach probability zero to anything other than a logical impossibility. — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
Consider the case of a person who holds a view with probability 1. Then coherence says that it is no use having a debate… — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
Whatever way uncertainty is approached, probability is the only sound way to think about it. — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
Almost all thinking people agree that you should not have probability 1 (or 0) for any event, other than one demonstrable by logic, like 2 x 2 = 4. — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
I believe that almost all important, useful ideas are simple. Peter Whittle has recently put it nicely in an autobiographical essay. "If a piece… — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
In teaching there can be too much emphasis on certainty and a proper appreciation of uncertainty is to be encouraged. — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
Utility is the emotion pleading to be let into the house of pure reason and thereby enriching it. — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
Generally there is Stigler's law of Eponymy that says that a scientific notion is never attributed to the right person; in particular, the law… — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that in talking about uncertainty we should lean heavily on facts, just as the court of law does when interrogating… — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
The grand assertion is that you must see the world through probability and that probability is the only guide you need. — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
