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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.

Dennis Lindley

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Dennis Lindley
Age: 90 †
Born: 1923
Born: July 25
Died: 2013
Died: December 14
Statistician
Dennis Victor Lindley
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