How To Be More Uncertain

Name: How To Be More Uncertain
Start: 2024-07-13T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-07-13T11:30:00-07:00
Location: Berkeley Public Library

Schedule

Sat Jul 13 2024 at 10:00 am to 11:30 am

UTC-07:00

Location

Berkeley Public Library | Berkeley, CA

Statistical thinking provides tools for making sense of an uncertain world, and it teaches us useful humility in the face of uncertainty.
About this Event

Human minds love to discover patterns, to find intuitive explanations, and, most of all, to be certain. Yet our world is complicated and filled with randomness. Statistical thinking provides us with practical tools for making sense of an uncertain world. It can lead us to make surprising conclusions from the data of everyday life. And it also teaches us useful humility in the face of uncertainty.

Our speaker, Dr. Jacob Bien, is Professor of Statistics at the University of Southern California. He is also a founding member of Wonderfest's Board of Directors.