Keith Devlin Quotes - Page 2 Given the brief - and generally misleading - exposure most people have to mathematics at school, raising the public awareness of mathematics will always be an uphill battle. Keith Devlin School, People, Battle 3 Copy quote I saw the first one [video with Hans Rosling ] when he did - I think it was his first one - in 2006, a TED Talk. And for the first time in my life, I thought here's someone who can take statistics that most people regard as dull and boring and bring it alive. Keith Devlin Thinking, People, Firsts Source: www.npr.org 3 Copy quote In fact, we tend to think things have been getting much worse. In fact, over the last 50 years, almost everything in the world on a global scale has got better. And the way that Hans [ Rosling] did this - it was very good. Keith Devlin Thinking, Years, Facts Source: www.npr.org 3 Copy quote Hans Rosling typically would go into the room, and he would ask the audience questions. Often they had to answer them with clickers or raising their hands or something. We get [data] wrong because 50 years ago that wasn't the case and because we haven't had these graphics we don't realize that over the last 30, 40, 50 years things have changed dramatically. And you see how the world has been getting a better, safer, more homogeneous place. It just has. Keith Devlin Data, Hands, Years Source: www.npr.org 3 Copy quote Some of the justifiable critiques has been by - been so successful in telling this story, you know, there's a danger of saying, oh, well, you know, we don't need to worry about this because that's absolutely not the case. What [Hans] Rosling is doing is showing us an overall global trend, which in a sense tells us how bad things were - doesn't mean to say the problems are gone, doesn't mean to say they're any less. Keith Devlin Mean, Successful, Worry Source: www.npr.org 3 Copy quote I've never met Hans Rosling, but I just knew him through his many YouTube videos, and they were absolute dynamite. Keith Devlin Video, Mets, Youtube Source: www.npr.org 3 Copy quote Page 2 of 2 ← Prev FACEBOOK Next → TWITTER GOOGLEPLUS EMAIL LINKEDIN You May Also Like: Paul Lockhart Jo Boaler Martin Gardner Marcus du Sautoy Edward Frenkel Timothy Gowers Leland Stanford Ian Stewart Latest quotes from interviews "In fact, when you try to use [Hans Rosling] data to predict the future, all sorts of problems arise. But what it does do is say, hey, just catch your breath a minute and see what's really been going on. We do have reason to feel good about the fact we've made progress." - Keith Devlin, www.npr.org, added Feb 14, 2017 More (6) Simon Singh John Allen Paulos Scott Simon Pierre de Fermat Saharon Shelah Lewis Carroll Douglas Hofstadter James Randi Roger Penrose Donald Knuth Terry Pratchett Dennis Lehane Keith Devlin Born: March 16, 1947 Occupation: Mathematician Cite this Page: Citation Get Social with AzQuotes Join us on Facebook Join us on Twitter Join us on Google+ Popular Topics Inspirational Love Funny Success Friendship Life Motivational Wisdom Leadership Dream Positive Freedom Knowledge Happiness Authors Javascript and RSS feeds About Us Topics WordPress plugin Contact Us Picture Quotes ES Version AZQuotes.ES Terms Quote of the Day Privacy Policy
