Dennis Lindley Inspirational Quotes (6)

It is not surprising that in talking about uncertainty we should lean heavily on facts, just as the court of law does when interrogating witnesses. Facts form a sort of bedrock on which we can build the shifting sands of uncertainty.

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

In my opinion, it helps enormously to know why something is true, rather than being told it is true, for why should you believe me? Never believe anything on the authority of a single person but seek confirmation - and reason is the best confirmation.

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

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.

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 is not due to Stigler.