In teaching there can be too much emphasis on certainty and a proper appreciation of uncertainty is to be encouraged. (Dennis Lindley)

In teaching there can be too much emphasis on certainty and a proper appreciation of uncertainty is to be encouraged.

Dennis Lindley

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