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“Consider the case of a person who holds a view with probability 1. Then coherence says that it is no use having a debate with them because nothing will change their mind.” quote by Dennis Lindley — Download Open 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 with them because nothing will change their mind.”

Dennis Lindley

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Uncertainty is a personal matter; it is not the uncertainty but your uncertainty.

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It is dangerous to attach probability zero to anything other than a logical impossibility.

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Whatever way uncertainty is approached, probability is the only sound way to think about it.

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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.

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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 a piece…

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In teaching there can be too much emphasis on certainty and a proper appreciation of uncertainty is to be encouraged.

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Utility is the emotion pleading to be let into the house of pure reason and thereby enriching it.

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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…

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The grand assertion is that you must see the world through probability and that probability is the only guide you need.

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