Useful Ideas Quotes by Dennis Lindley

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• I believe that almost all important, useful ideas are simple. Peter Whittle has recently put it nicely in an autobiographical essay. "If…
• Generally there is Stigler's law of Eponymy that says that a scientific notion is never attributed to the right person; in particular,…
• Uncertainty is a personal matter; it is not the uncertainty but your uncertainty.
• In teaching there can be too much emphasis on certainty and a proper appreciation of uncertainty is to be encouraged.
• It is not surprising that in talking about uncertainty we should lean heavily on facts, just as the court of law does…
• The grand assertion is that you must see the world through probability and that probability is the only guide you need.
• Whatever way uncertainty is approached, probability is the only sound way to think about it.
• It is dangerous to attach probability zero to anything other than a logical impossibility.
• In my opinion, it helps enormously to know why something is true, rather than being told it is true, for why should…

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