Quotes About Accuracy

All handling by IPCC of the Sea Level questions have been done in a way that cannot be accepted and that certainly not concur with modern knowledge of the mode and mechanism of sea level changes.

The trouble with the media is that it seems unable to distinguish between the end of the world and a bicycle accident.

If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.

All models are wrong; some models are useful.

In software speed to market, speed to learning is really key. In hardware if you screw it up you are dead. So accuracy really matters.

The value of a diagnostic test is best determined by considering whether the test is accurate, the target disorder is dangerous if left undiagnosed, the test has acceptable risks, and effective treatment exists.

The concern in polling is to present the issue in the way it is likely to emerge in a campaign so the candidate has reasonably accurate information about how the public feels about the issue. The difficulty is that it is often not clear how an issue will emerge.

The word 'fascism' has been used too often in political discourse, and almost always imprecisely. It's a bit like the boy who cried wolf. You warn about wolves so much that no one takes you seriously when a real one actually shows up.

Though I believe math is a tool of the Enemy, I learned enough to know that to accurately find the sum, you add up all the parts.

Why does no one vet the quotations posted on Goodreads?

It's easier to remember your lies if they're close to the truth,

Too clear, too clean. The problem was precision, perfection;

Briefly, I was a journalist in my twenties, although not a very good one. I didn't quite grasp the whole concept of accuracy.

Behavioral memories of trauma remain quite accurate and true to the events that stimulated them.

punctual as a star

The truth was quicker than a lie, so I told it.

The Hitchhiker's Guide is a hundred percent accurate. Reality, however, is not as reliable.

Mona began firing with deadly accuracy, also with a stream of Spanish words that Cosmo suspected were not taught in kindergarten.

That bloody guide lies all the time. It's more lies than truth.' Ford spouted the standard line: 'The Hitchhiker's Guide is a hundred per cent accurate. Reality, however, is not as reliable

The Hitchhiker's Guide is a hundred percent accurate. Reality, however, is not as reliable.

What was your most embarrassing moment? I once scored a mere ninety-nine percent on a mathematics assignment. I was mortified. I had forgotten to round up the third decimal place. Imagine my embarrassment.

It is a measure of the effort we are prepared to expend to guard against deception when accuracy is at a premium.

Quoting the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Less noticed was Tetlock's other finding: predicting the future wasn't just lucky guessing. Some people did much, much better than average.115 He called them superforecasters.