João Pedro Lopes

“He that loves reading has everything within his reach.”
― William Godwin

“The evolutionary usefulness of the ability to recognize patterns and then infer the causal relationships they represent is demonstrated by the fact that precisely the same development of “superstitions” occurs in animals.”
― David J. Hand, The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day

“This recognition – that real statistics is about exploring the unknown, not about tedious arithmetic manipulation – is central to an appreciation of the modern discipline.”
― David J. Hand, Statistics: A Very Short Introduction

“A grasp of the cause of the colors of the rainbow doesn't detract from its wonder.”
― David J. Hand, The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day