In listening to stories we tend to suspend disbelief in order to be entertained, whereas in evaluating statistics we generally have an opposite inclination to suspend belief in order not to be beguiled.
Mathematics is no more computation than typing is literature. - John Allen Paulos
Mathematics is no more computation than typing is literature.
- John Allen Paulos
So many see themselves as aggrieved; so few see themselves as aggrievers. - John Allen Paulos
So many see themselves as aggrieved; so few see themselves as aggrievers.
In listening to stories we tend to suspend disbelief in order to be entertained, whereas in evaluating statistics we generally have an opposite incli… - John Allen Paulos
In listening to stories we tend to suspend disbelief in order to be entertained, whereas in evaluating statistics we generally have an opposite incli…
There is something inhuman and vaguely pornographic about statistics... Pornography, on the other hand, with its loosely bound sequences of storyless… - John Allen Paulos
There is something inhuman and vaguely pornographic about statistics... Pornography, on the other hand, with its loosely bound sequences of storyless…
Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security - John Allen Paulos
Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security
Uncertainty would be the only certainty there's, and realizing how to stay with insecurity could be the only protection - John Allen Paulos
Uncertainty would be the only certainty there's, and realizing how to stay with insecurity could be the only protection
When asked why he doesn't believe in astrology, the logician Raymond Smullyan responds that he's a Gemini and Geminis never believe in astrology. - John Allen Paulos
When asked why he doesn't believe in astrology, the logician Raymond Smullyan responds that he's a Gemini and Geminis never believe in astrology.
Innumeracy and pseudoscience are often associated, in part because of the ease with which mathematical certainty can be invoked, to bludgeon the innu… - John Allen Paulos
Innumeracy and pseudoscience are often associated, in part because of the ease with which mathematical certainty can be invoked, to bludgeon the innu…
Data, data everywhere, but not a thought to think. - John Allen Paulos
Data, data everywhere, but not a thought to think.
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