andrewpgrieve.bsky.social
@andrewpgrieve.bsky.social
Grandpa - thrice, retired after 49 years as a Statistician in Pharma , over 40 years promoting Bayesian approaches, 4 years as hobby academic King's Coll London, Cerevisaphile.
Sad to hear of the passing of Danny Thompson. First heard him with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated in the 1960s, followed by Pentangle. It was only couple of weeks ago that I listened again to the BBC recordings of his trio with John McLaughlin from 1967.
September 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Sad to hear of the passing of Danny Thompson. First heard him with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated in the 1960s, followed by Pentangle. It was only couple of weeks ago that I listened again to the BBC recordings of his trio with John McLaughlin from 1967.
Back in the Netherlands, for September. 1st beer of the trip.
September 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Back in the Netherlands, for September. 1st beer of the trip.
Plum and apple tarte tatin for Sunday meal with the whole family before we decamp to the Nethrrlands for a month.
August 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Plum and apple tarte tatin for Sunday meal with the whole family before we decamp to the Nethrrlands for a month.
In Würenlos (CH) with friends from Basel for a long weekend.
August 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In Würenlos (CH) with friends from Basel for a long weekend.
Lunch at The Pig at Bridge.
August 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lunch at The Pig at Bridge.
Pre-Friday Night Ex-Pfizer Cricketers curry. Otter Ale.
July 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Pre-Friday Night Ex-Pfizer Cricketers curry. Otter Ale.
Wild Beer? Too true, 13%.
June 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wild Beer? Too true, 13%.
Didn't expect to see them this morning !!
June 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Didn't expect to see them this morning !!
Plum Tarte Tatin with Star Anise for Spring Bank Holday supper.
May 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Plum Tarte Tatin with Star Anise for Spring Bank Holday supper.
Waiting for Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter and Superblue to start at Ronnie Scott's
May 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Waiting for Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter and Superblue to start at Ronnie Scott's
Pleasant cycle ride in Overijssel, NL. Looks beautiful, but there is a cold wind blowing from the far North.
April 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Pleasant cycle ride in Overijssel, NL. Looks beautiful, but there is a cold wind blowing from the far North.
Start the Week on BBC Radio 4 with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social talking p-values and "Proof"
Adam Kucharski (@adamjkucharski.bsky.social)
Epidemiologist/mathematician. Professor at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Author of The Rules of Contagion and The Perfect Bet. Views own.
New book Proof: The Uncertain Science of Cer...
adamjkucharski.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Start the Week on BBC Radio 4 with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social talking p-values and "Proof"
Schipol early morning flight.
April 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Schipol early morning flight.
Back in the Netherlands -
April 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Back in the Netherlands -
I'm never quite sure how to react to psychologists when they talk about statistics and statisticians. But I rather like this passage from "The Little Back Room" by the author and psychologist Nigel Balchin:
March 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I'm never quite sure how to react to psychologists when they talk about statistics and statisticians. But I rather like this passage from "The Little Back Room" by the author and psychologist Nigel Balchin:
My copy of @adamjkucharski.bsky.social's book arrived late last night. Looking forward to reading it.
March 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
My copy of @adamjkucharski.bsky.social's book arrived late last night. Looking forward to reading it.
Just opened my newly arrived copy of Csaba Szabo's "unreliable". Somewhat surprised, therefore, that the 1st sentence in the preface contains the phrase "... the American biostatistician John Ioannidis". Can only hope the rest of the book is more reliable!
March 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just opened my newly arrived copy of Csaba Szabo's "unreliable". Somewhat surprised, therefore, that the 1st sentence in the preface contains the phrase "... the American biostatistician John Ioannidis". Can only hope the rest of the book is more reliable!
Just need to prepare the Crème Anglaise to accompany this apple Tarte Tatin for tonight's supper.
February 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Just need to prepare the Crème Anglaise to accompany this apple Tarte Tatin for tonight's supper.
Five fearless footballers, including a future Deputy Governor of the Bank of England in 1970. I WISH it was taken in colour. Our shirts were a beautiful mixture of pink and chocolate, a legacy of flower power and the swinging sixties !!
February 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Five fearless footballers, including a future Deputy Governor of the Bank of England in 1970. I WISH it was taken in colour. Our shirts were a beautiful mixture of pink and chocolate, a legacy of flower power and the swinging sixties !!
Recently there were data shared on Blue Sky on the success rates of either individual clinical trials, or drug development program, not sure which for the top 20 pharma companies. I can't find it can anyone help me with the source. Thanks.
January 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Recently there were data shared on Blue Sky on the success rates of either individual clinical trials, or drug development program, not sure which for the top 20 pharma companies. I can't find it can anyone help me with the source. Thanks.
I am re-reading Harry Collins book Changing Order which seems relevant to contemporary discussions about replication in Science.
January 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I am re-reading Harry Collins book Changing Order which seems relevant to contemporary discussions about replication in Science.
A belated Christmas Present from Springer, a book chapter published on Christmas Eve.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely: A Review of the Use of Unconditional Probabilities in the Planning of Clinical Trials
For the most part the planning of a clinical trial involves consideration of the power of a test of a given alternative hypothesis, generally about the relative efficacy of a new treatment compared to...
link.springer.com
December 27, 2024 at 4:02 PM
A belated Christmas Present from Springer, a book chapter published on Christmas Eve.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Grandson, Finn, and I on a Gruffalo hunt
December 23, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Grandson, Finn, and I on a Gruffalo hunt
I found this the other day in a reference unread in a while:
"The power and beauty of science do not rest upon infallibility, which it has not, but on corrigibility, without which it is nothing."
Howard E Gruber, The Origin of the Origin of the Species, 1979.
www.nytimes.com/1979/07/22/a...
"The power and beauty of science do not rest upon infallibility, which it has not, but on corrigibility, without which it is nothing."
Howard E Gruber, The Origin of the Origin of the Species, 1979.
www.nytimes.com/1979/07/22/a...
The Origin of the Origin of Species (Published 1979)
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:10 PM
I found this the other day in a reference unread in a while:
"The power and beauty of science do not rest upon infallibility, which it has not, but on corrigibility, without which it is nothing."
Howard E Gruber, The Origin of the Origin of the Species, 1979.
www.nytimes.com/1979/07/22/a...
"The power and beauty of science do not rest upon infallibility, which it has not, but on corrigibility, without which it is nothing."
Howard E Gruber, The Origin of the Origin of the Species, 1979.
www.nytimes.com/1979/07/22/a...
The feelin on leaving Basel at the end of a "klein aber fein" long weekend.
December 9, 2024 at 10:11 AM
The feelin on leaving Basel at the end of a "klein aber fein" long weekend.