There's a lot of hand-wringing going on about the death of journalism and particularly the death of investigative journalism. What I see… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
There is no more effective medicine to apply to feverish public sentiments than figures. — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
The TV scientist who mutters sadly, "The experiment is a failure; we have failed to achieve what we had hoped for," is… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Making workable choices occurs in a crucible of informative mistakes. Thus Intelligence accepts fallibility. And when absolute (infallible) choices are not know,… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
I wonder whether any other generation has seen such astounding revolutions of data and values as those through which we have lived.… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me. — Sean Astin Copy Share Image
Part of what we're trying to do is lay out what really happened. For example, I've been trying to get across that… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
In order to solve problems, information has to be shared; and not only information, but doubts, fears and questions. — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
'Personalization' is a popular word in retail, and people often misuse it to describe simple marketing tactics, like segmenting emails or using… — Katrina Lake Copy Share Image
If you're keeping yourself in the bubble and only looking at your own data or only watching the TV that fits your… — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
We created the ability for people to insert enterprise or personal data. — David Rose Copy Share Image
“If we had enough data then this statistical approach would undoubtedly sort out these things, and a lot of problems are arising… — Jennifer K. McArthur Copy Share Image
The promise of the Internet-as-Alexandria is more than the rolling plenitude of information. It's the ability of individuals to choreograph that information… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image
Exactly who does use the safe-haven laws is difficult to discern. Most states make no effort to study the cases or compile… — Wil S. Hylton Copy Share Image
Why don't I talk about Big Data? Because I am focused on intelligent answers and not speeds and feeds. It doesn't matter… — Michael J. Saylor Copy Share Image
“Health analytics follows a kind of 80/20 rule where 80% of the effort is expended on obtaining, cleaning, warehousing, and tabulating the data.” — Dwight McNeill Copy Share Image
Sense data are much more controversial than qualia, because they are associated with a controversial theory of perception - that one perceives… — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
Not only is the statistical madness an assault on individuality, it's also one on temporality too. Statistics - even when accurate -… — Will Self Copy Share Image
The very best [infographics] engender and facilitate an insight by visual means — allow us to grasp some relationship quickly and easily… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Recent data and research supports the importance of natural climate variability and calls into question the conclusion that humans are the dominant… — Judith Curry Copy Share Image
I've sworn off agnosticism, which I now call cowardly atheism. I've come to the position that in the complete absence of any… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
We have a long way to go to understand that web analytics is a thinking man's tool, not a solution unto itself.… — Jim Sterne Copy Share Image
Chunking is the ability of the brain to learn from data you take in, without having to go back and access or… — Kevin Maney Copy Share Image