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If the world were to end tomorrow and we could choose to save only one thing as the explanation and memorial to who we were, then we couldn't do better than the Natural History Museum, although it wouldn't contain a single human. The systematic Linnean order, the vast inquisitiveness and range of collated knowledge and beauty would tell all that is the best of us.
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Whether statistics be an art or a science... or a scientific art, we concern ourselves little. It is the basis of social and political dynamics, and affords the only secure ground on which the truth or falsehood of the theories and hypotheses of that complicated science can be brought to the test.
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There are more microbes per person than the entire population of the world. Imagine that. Per person. This means that if the time scale is diminished in proportion to that of space it would be quite possible for the whole story of Greece and Rome to be played out between farts.
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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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The first time someone said, 'What are your measurements?' I answered, '37, 24, 38 - but not necessarily in that order.'
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Learning is the measurement of knowledge before and after.
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The goal is not to improve one measurement in isolation. The goal is to reduce operational expenses AND reduce inventories and increase throughput simultaneously.
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Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.
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Being able to articulate the gospel with accuracy is one thing; having its truth captivate your soul is quite another.
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Accuracy builds credibility.
