Dangerous Quote by Dennis Lindley Download Open image “It is dangerous to attach probability zero to anything other than a logical impossibility.” — Dennis Lindley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dangerous Impossibility Logical Probability Zero
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
Consider nothing impossible, then treat possiblities as probabilities. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The occurrence of any event where the chances are beyond one in ten followed by 50 zeros is an event which we can state… — Emile Borel Copy Share Image
If we accept that there is no such thing as 'zero risk' then we should not spin the meaning of words with assertions such… — Rob Long 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
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
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
In my youth-team days, I was always a left-winger who would stay close to the byline and put crosses in the box, so I… — Arjen Robben Copy Share Image
The temptations of God were always more dangerous for mankind than those of Satan. — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
When you start talking about elections being rigged, you're pushing people beyond democratic governance. And it's a very, very dangerous thing to do. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Die gefährlichste Weltanschauung ist die Weltanschauung derer, die die Welt nie angeschaut haben. (The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have… — Alexander von Humboldt Copy Share Image
The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The more people that learn about you, even if you're an underdog, then you can come under fire a lot and the more attention… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image