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The Art of Uncertainty

by David Spiegelhalter

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Start the Week, BBC Radio 4 · September 22, 2024

Chance and fortune

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Professor Spiegelhalter delves into data and statistics to explore the forces of chance, ignorance and luck, showing how the circumstances of birth have an overriding influence on one's future, while warning against confusing the improbable with the impossible.

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