Pierre-Simon Laplace Quote

One of the great advantages of the calculus of probabilities is to teach us to distrust first opinions.


A Philosophical Essays on Probabilities, Chapter XVI (p. 164), Dover Publications, Inc. 1951


One of the great advantages of the calculus of probabilities is to teach us to distrust first opinions.

One of the great advantages of the calculus of probabilities is to teach us to distrust first opinions.

One of the great advantages of the calculus of probabilities is to teach us to distrust first opinions.

One of the great advantages of the calculus of probabilities is to teach us to distrust first opinions.