Doubt Quote by Dennis Lindley Download Open image “Whatever way uncertainty is approached, probability is the only sound way to think about it.” — Dennis Lindley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Doubt Probability Sound Thinking Uncertainty Way
“This idea that in order to make a decision you need to focus on the consequences (which you can know) rather than the probability… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Uncertainty is a personal matter; it is not the uncertainty but your uncertainty. — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
One thing you can rely on is that there will always be uncertainty. — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
The problem with certainty is that it is static; it can do little but endlessly reassert itself. Uncertainty, by contrast, is full of unknowns,… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“It is probably better to realize that the probability concept is in a sense subjective, that it is always based on uncertain knowledge, and… — Richard P. Feynman 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
It is dangerous to attach probability zero to anything other than a logical impossibility. — 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
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
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I don't doubt that straight white men have identity issues and identity complexes and struggle with defining themselves. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
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We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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How could you feel worthless when God has honoured you by creating you and choosing you to be with Him, in this life and… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
“Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inexpressible certitude… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Two powerful, little words I've learned to use when facing challenges, fears, and doubts— so what? ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
One may not doubt that, somehow Good Shall come of Water and of Mud; And sure, the reverent eye must see A purpose in… — Rupert Brooke Copy Share Image