A. W. F. Edwards quotes

A. W. F. Edwards quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“What used to be called prejudice is now called a null hypothesis.”
-- A. W. F. Edwards

Source : A. W. F. Edwards (1984). “Likelihood”, p.180, CUP Archive

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“Common sense is that layer of prejudices which we acquire before we are sixteen.”
“The obscurity is more often in the passions and prejudices of the reasoner than in the subject.”
“The republic I fell in love with, the republic I risked my life to defend, the values I hold dear, the integrity that we all share - these do not know prejudice and they do not accept partiality.”
“Because history is only an aggregate of personal hostilities, personal prejudices, personal blindness and irrationality, there are times when we have to live against it.”
“[The] prevailing reason at this time is, that the Act of Parliament is against the Magna Charta, and the natural rights of Englishmen, and therefore, according to Lord Coke, null and void.”
“If you torture statistics long enough, they'll eventually confess the truth”
“And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art. . .”
“To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it.”
“You should treat as many patients as possible with the new drugs while they still have the power to heal.”
“The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile accidents than are killed by buffalo.”

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