We need to think slow instead of fast, and resist drawing causal links between events where none may exist. - David Spiegelhalter

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We need to think slow instead of fast, and resist drawing causal links between events where none may exist.

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About David Spiegelhalter

Sir David John Spiegelhalter (born 16 August 1953) is a British statistician and a Fellow of . From 2007 to 2018 he was in the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. He is an ISI highly cited researcher and current Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the . In 2020 he joined the UK Statistics Authority board as a non-executive director for a period of three years, which was extended through to 2026.

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Birth Name: David John Spiegelhalter
Alternative Names: David J Spiegelhalter David J. Spiegelhalter Sir David John Spiegelhalter
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