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John Tukey

American Scientist

Born: Jun 16, 1915

Died: Jul 26, 2000

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The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see. John Tukey

Value Picture See Never Forces Greatest Expected Us Notice

Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise. John Tukey

Better Made Right Question Approximate Exact Wrong Answer Always Question Than Precise Often Which Far Right Vague

In rating ease of description as very important, we are essentially asserting a belief in quantitative knowledge - a belief that most of the key questions in our world sooner or later demand answers to 'by how much?' rather than merely to 'in which direction?' John Tukey

Knowledge World Key Important Our Later Ease Our World Rather Direction Rating Merely Sooner Demand Sooner Or Later Most Quantitative How Answers How Much Questions Very Than Essentially Which Much Description Belief Asserting

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