3 November 2021, 18:30 – 19:30

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre

The current pandemic has emphasised the key role that statistics play in understanding what is going on around us.  But how reliable are all these numbers?  How much should we trust what we hear and read?  I will look at the way that statistics can be used to try and persuade audiences to think or act in a certain way, and contrast this with efforts to make communication 'trustworthy'. 

It's a rare 'in person' lecture these days! And free. Booking is required, though: https://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event/honorary-fellows-lecture-professor-sir-david-spiegelhalter