PREMIUM FEATURE
Advanced Search Filters
Filter search results by source, date, and more with our premium search tools.
So... in the book we make all these comparisons... That's acute timing risk, things that are going to kill you on the spot. ...What about the other s… - David Spiegelhalter
" "So... in the book we make all these comparisons... That's acute timing risk, things that are going to kill you on the spot. ...What about the other sort of risks? ...You can have your spam ...[T]hat is not going to kill you on the spot. Well, it might. ...You might choke on...[it]... but it's... unlikely...
English
Collect this quote
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.
Also Known As
Birth Name:
David John Spiegelhalter
Alternative Names:
David J Spiegelhalter
•
David J. Spiegelhalter
•
Sir David John Spiegelhalter
Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.
Additional quotes by David Spiegelhalter
Gompertz's observation said that between the ages of 25 and 80, your risk of dying increases by about 9% per year. ...[T]hat means that every eight years your risk of dying doubles, essentially. ...[I]t's going to get you in the end. Mathematics proves it. You can't go on forever, because it's this exponential increase in the risk. Amazing, really powerful. That's why you peg out in the end. It's going to get you.
Loading...