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“Signals always come with noise: It is trying to separate out the two that makes the subject interesting.”
― David Spiegelhalter, The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data

“Even in an era of open data, data science and data journalism, we still need basic statistical principles in order not to be misled by apparent patterns in the numbers.”
― David Spiegelhalter, The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data

“More data means that we need to be even more aware of what the evidence is actually worth.”
― David Spiegelhalter, The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data

“Intelligent and educated people are less likely to learn from their mistakes, for instance, or take advice from others. And when they do err, they are better able to build elaborate arguments to justify their reasoning, meaning that they become more and more dogmatic in their views. Worst still, they appear to have a bigger "bias blind spot," meaning they are less able to recognize the holes in their logic.”
― David Robson, The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes