“Perhaps the most serious objection is what Tetlock calls the “wrong-side-of-maybe fallacy,” the risk of being charged with “failure” when an event doesn’t happen even when the intelligence estimate claimed there was only a 70 percent chance that it would. When it comes to likelihood, we tend to conflate maybe with sure thing.87”
―
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence
Share this quote:
Friends Who Liked This Quote
To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!
0 likes
All Members Who Liked This Quote
None yet!
This Quote Is From

1,402 ratings, average rating, 151 reviews
Open Preview
Browse By Tag
- love (101004)
- life (79005)
- inspirational (75566)
- humor (44232)
- philosophy (30821)
- inspirational-quotes (28730)
- god (26824)
- truth (24640)
- wisdom (24478)
- romance (24277)
- poetry (23120)
- life-lessons (22513)
- quotes (20911)
- death (20492)
- happiness (18912)
- hope (18459)
- faith (18303)
- travel (17543)
- inspiration (17235)
- spirituality (15636)
- relationships (15434)
- religion (15354)
- motivational (15245)
- life-quotes (15220)
- love-quotes (15051)
- writing (14909)
- success (14152)
- motivation (13098)
- time (12809)
- science (12052)