“I don't believe there's any evidence that credit scoring is a risk factor. What is it about someone having a worse credit score that makes them a worse driver? (Insurers) can't answer that.” BelieveAnswersRiskEvidenceDon't BelieveCreditFactorsScoreDriversCredit Scores Author:Robert Hunter
“We see clear evidence repeated in many studies that higher intake of trans fats is associated with higher risk of heart disease, and with many other conditions, such as diabetes and infertility.” HeartStudyClearRiskConditionsHigherDiseaseEvidenceFatsTransDiabetesHeart DiseaseInfertility Author:Walter Willett
“If we are too friendly to nice, decent bishops, we run the risk of buying into the fiction that there's something virtuous about believing things because of faith rather than because of evidence. We run the risk of betraying scientific enlightenment.” IfsBelieveRunningFictionNiceRiskEnlightenmentEvidenceDecentBuyingFriendlyBetrayVirtuousBishops Author:Richard Dawkins
“It would be pleasant to believe that some of Lincoln's DNA is actively swimming around in somebody's soup, but all the evidence is against it. And of course, there's always the risk that what we might get would be more Robert Todd Lincoln than Abraham Lincoln.” BelieveRiskEvidenceSwimming Author:Allen C. Guelzo
“Starting with the highest-risk countries, and focusing on the route to Britain that is widely abused, student visas, we will increase the number of interviews to considerably more than 100,000, starting next financial year. From there, we will extend the interviewing programme further across all routes to Britain, wherever the evidence takes us.” YearsCountryNextNumbersRiskStudentsHighestEvidenceIncreaseStartingFinancialInterviewsBritainRoutesProgrammesVisa Author:Theresa May
“Never, ever regret or apologize for believing that when one man or one woman decides to risk addressing the world with truth, the world may stop what it is doing and hear. There is too much evidence to the contrary.” MenWorldBelieveMayTruthToo MuchRiskRegretEvidenceContraryOne ManApologizingOne Woman Book:Maybe (Maybe Not): Second Thoughts from a Secret Life Source: Maybe (Maybe Not): Second Thoughts from a Secret Life
“Pharmacogenomics holds great promise to shed scientific light on the often risky and costly process of drug development, and to provide greater confidence about the risks and benefits of drugs in specific populations. Pharmacogenomics is a new field, but we intend to do all we can to use it to promote the development of medicines. By providing practical guidance on how to turn the explosion of pharmacogenomic information into real evidence on new drugs, we are taking an important step toward that goal.” ImportantRealUseLightTurnsProcessGoalStepsGreaterRiskInformationFieldsDevelopmentPromiseDrugBenefitsEvidenceMedicinePopulationPracticalsGuidanceProvidingShedExplosions Author:Mark McClellan
“The scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response.” RiskSeriousDemandEvidenceClimateResponseClimate ChangeOverwhelmingUrgentScientific Evidence Author:Nicholas Stern