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By the 18th century, the term "statistics" designated the systematic collection of demographic and economic data by states.

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The term "mathematical statistics" designates the mathematical theories of probability and statistical inference, which are used in statistical practice.

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Blaise Pascal, an early pioneer on the mathematics of probability.



Is the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers | Steven Pinker

Pinker for greatest living cheer-Leader. Yay human race.
Read Pinker's book " The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined". "The glass is not half full or half empty, it's at 50%"
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I normally don't comment on things like this, but as someone who is optimistic, and also (usually at least) likes to see the positive side of things, especially within the past year for me, it just really baffles me how you have people that think that times now are somehow worse than the 1960s for example.
today, 2024... not so great
Morally its definitely worse.
I loved it
He is more of a human hair band that a thinker. He always corrects people about his name- its pinker , not thinker, dammit.
PINKER CHERRY PICKS ( FALLACY) THE EVENTS THAT HE CONSIDERS PROGRESS WHILE LEAVING THE CRAPPY ONES. PINKER SHOULD KNOW WHAT CONFIRMATION BIAS IS.
Our past was like having cancer and AIDS and syphilis to our present which is just constant migraine, hurrah I guess.
great half of the big picture...
What's worse

5 cave dwellers living 5 short violent lives

Or

8 billion people living in a prison?

Depends how you try to add up the suffering. Objectively there's more suffering today than 10000 years ago by virtue of the fact there's more here today to do the suffering
but polluted more trash/clothes
Great speech. It altered my view of the world. I think everybody has to see this, to at least think about how the state of the world really is, compared to our gut feeling fueled by the media
Our better angels.
Too idealistic a book.
Written for the young and the strong, not for the ageing and the maimed and the weak.
Its the same
This was 5 years ago, and yet it is still so helpful. Thank you for this amazing speech.
Well done sir. ❤❤❤❤
"Truth to the best of our knowledge is the only truth we can have?" No! I do not agree. Truth based on our personal experience, is the closest we come to truth. It's not the ABSOLUTE Truth, yet it is OUR Truth. Knowledge can be faulty. Our experience is our guide in life.
Humanity will be the destruction of earth.

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