Dear Allstat members,
(*apologies for cross-posting*)
The next meeting of the Reading Local Group of the Royal Statistical Society will be at the Reading Quaker Meeting House (2 Church St) on Thursday 26 April at 6pm, featuring none other than Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter. Not only is he the Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University, he’s also the current President of the RSS. Many people in the UK may recognise his name from his numerous TV and radio appearances.
David is an excellent communicator and presenter, so this talk might be of interest to people of all backgrounds (i.e. not just statistics) and anyone fascinated by the topic of “fake news”. Here’s a brief abstract for his presentation (and I’ve included a link with the address for the April run in Reading):
"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."
https://www.statslife.org.uk/events/eventdetail/1075/13/trust-in-numbers
I’d be grateful for your support in sharing this email with the details of Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter’s talk.
I look forward to welcoming you at the Reading Quaker Meeting House next week.
Kind regards,
Claudia
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