Measurement has too often been the leitmotif of many investigations rather than the experimental examination of hypotheses. Mounds of data are collected,… — Edmund Pellegrino Copy Share Image
Generally, the craft of programming is the factoring of a set of requirements into a a set of functions and data structures. — Douglas Crockford Copy Share Image
Information is just signs and numbers, while knowledge involves their meaning. What we want is knowledge, but what we get is information. — Heinz Pagels Copy Share Image
We have more information now than we can use, and less knowledge and understanding than we need. Indeed, we seem to collect… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of industries that are collecting a lot of data and have not yet considered the implications… — Jeff Dean Copy Share Image
Big data is great when you want to verify and quantify small data - as big data is all about seeking a… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share Image
Mathematicians come to the solution of a problem by the simple arrangement of the data, and reducing the reasoning to such simple… — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image
“Descriptive statistics exist to simplify, which always implies some loss of nuance or detail.” — Charles Wheelan Copy Share Image
Russia does not have in its possession any trustworthy data that supports the existence of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
With access to enough Facebook data, it would finally be possible to take the first stab at simulating society 'in silico.' The… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
I had been hearing on-the-ground buzz that white folks were moving to places like Bend, Oregon, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and St.… — Richard Benjamin Copy Share Image
Evidence-based reasoning underpins all scientific thinking, and it involves testing hypotheses or theories against data. Validating a theory requires replicable measurements from… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
“If you actually want me to fill in the blanks on this hopelessly boring information, you must be out of your fucking… — Cardeno C Copy Share Image
Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
With the Internet, the greatest disseminator of bad data and bad information the universe has ever known, it's become impossible to trust… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Our strategy to make Maryland safer has centered on an all-of-the-above approach - prioritizing data, coordination, accountability, rehabilitation, and prevention across all… — Wes Moore Copy Share Image
If someone's criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don't want to hear it. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Why is there such insistence that AGW has occurred and needs drastic solutions? This is a puzzle, but my short answer is… — Don Aitkin Copy Share Image
If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. You become a crotchety old person convinced that… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Jack's [Ma Yun ] theory is that whoever controls data controls the world. — Masayoshi Son Copy Share Image