Probability
Monday, January 31, 2022
These days, statistics, as part of science, direct our assessment of threat, failure, opportunity, accuracy and imprecision.
IN times of pandemic, people fear God, worry about death and venerate statistics. These days, figures translate field data, as though they are the one and only reality. How fast the virus is spreading among us; how much a third vaccination will protect immunity; all read with graphs.
These days, statistics, as part of science, direct our assessment of threat, failure, opportunity, accuracy and imprecision. There is an amusing metaphor for this:
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