© 2012 Cardiff Scientific Society
Abstract
We enter numbers into calculators and think they work. Nurses enter numbers into
drug infusion pumps to give patients morphine. Pilots fly planes descending at 3.3
degrees. This talk shows that everywhere we look numbers are unreliable. We propose
some solutions and suggest that we can halve the death rate from number-
Numbers, Numbers Everywhere, and None you can Trust – Not Yet!
Professor Harold Thimbleby Hon FRSA
Department of Computer Science, Swansea University
Despite the industrial action planned for the 30th November,
Cardiff Scientific Society
expects this lecture will take place as normal.