peter

directions ignored,
surprising discoveries explored

[peter @sandwall]

"A wise old owl lived in an oak;
The more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard:
Why can't we all be like that bird?"

[peter @sandwall]

"Big whorls have little whorls,
Which feed on their velocity;
And little whorls have lesser whorls,
And so on to viscosity..."
~ Lewis Richardson

[peter @sandwall]

Probability is prospective, statistics is retrospective, and inference is the intersection.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. —Voltaire

[peter @sandwall]

"A stream cannot rise higher than its source; pure mathematics and immaculate judgment combined cannot cure the inaccuracy of erroneous original data." - Jacob Dodge (1892)

[peter @sandwall]

Less information may lead to improved decision making. It's not about quantity, it's about quality.

[peter @sandwall]

"Mathematicians estimate money in proportion to its quantity, and men of good sense in proportion to the usage that they may make of it."

-Gabriel Cramer
May 21st, 1728

[peter @sandwall]

"To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, subtract things every day." - Lao-Tzu

[peter @sandwall]

Our opportunities are the result of intentional actions by our predecessors. We honor them by carrying the intention forward, creating new opportunities for our successors.

[peter @sandwall]

"If you would not be forgotten,
as soon as you are dead and rotten,
either write things worth reading,
or do things worth the writing."

[peter @sandwall]

@StillBrockS https://t.co/YLdfz4lhcn

[peter @sandwall]

"Know then, proud man, what a paradox you are to yourself. Be humble, impotent reason! Be silent, feeble nature! Learn that man infinitely transcends man, hear from your master your true condition, which is unknown to you." - Blaise Pascal

[peter @sandwall]

@HoltScience "a short 42 segment thread"

[peter @sandwall]

@Psbasran https://t.co/WgO7kgI4LQ

[Andrew Farach, MD @AndrewFarach]

@ArjitB_medphys introducing the world to the “Baghwala score” to optimize #brachytherapy utilization and minimize burnout @BrandonLi_phys #WCB2024

[peter @sandwall]

"However you frame yourself as an artist, the frame is too small."

[peter @sandwall]

@AlexAndBooks_ Great idea! A bit brief for meaningful discussion/interactions

[peter @sandwall]

@toddscarbrough @VarianMedSys 😂 quick draw with the statistical model -- you may be right. From a global/rural perspective, we need more not less

[peter @sandwall]

@catgyoung