A reminder of the RSS Glasgow Local Group event a week today, to which all are welcome. Professor David Spiegelhalter will talk about the reproducibility crisis in scientific publication, fake news, alternative facts and what can we do to improve the trustworthiness of evidence being communicated. Details and links below.
https://sites.google.com/site/rssglasgow/events
Best wishes,
RSS Glasgow Local Group committee
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Date: Monday 29th January, 15:00pm-16:00pm (followed by drinks and nibbles)
Location: University of Strathclyde, LT908, Livingstone Tower
Speaker: Professor David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge
Register: Please register at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-spiegelhalter-trust-in-numbers-tickets-41998534748?ref=ebtnebregn
Title: Trust in Numbers
Summary: Those who value quantitative and scientific evidence are faced with many current challenges, including claims of a reproducibility crisis in scientific publication, and of a post-truth society abounding in fake news and alternative facts. Both issues are concerned with the appropriate acknowledgement of uncertainty, and both relate to trust in expertise. By considering the 'pipelines' through which scientific and political evidence is propagated, I will consider possible ways of improving both the trustworthiness of the evidence being communicated, and the ability of audiences to assess the quality and reliability of what they are being told.
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