The Art of Uncertainty

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Cambridge Professor and national statistics treasure David Spiegelhalter knows that life is uncertain. How can we manage risk and ignorance – and what does it really mean, mathematically, to be lucky?

He will take us through the principles of probability, showing how it can help us think more analytically about everything from medical advice to pandemics and climate change forecasts. Along the way, he will explain why roughly 40% of football results come down to luck rather than talent, how the National Risk Register assesses near-term risks to the United Kingdom, and why we can be so confident that two properly shuffled packs of cards have never, ever been in the exact same order.

Chaired, probably, by Peter Florence.

In addition to this interview being available to watch live, it can be streamed up to 30 days after the event has taken place.

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