Prof Norman Fenton - How Statistics Are Used to Manipulate and Trick Us

Prof Norman Fenton has been analysing the COVID data throughout the scamdemic. His background as a mathematician and his insights into data, statistics and risk have made him a go to person for many high profile commentators. We start the interview by looking at some short videos Prof Fenton used in his classes to show how easily fooled we can be. We ask how and why officials manipulated COVID data to exaggerate the crisis. Decision makers used data to fit their predetermined narrative. And we look at whether the government and MP’s have taken Prof Fenton's challenge to ask the ONS specific points on their data. He has laid out the questions that MP’s need to ask them, he is still waiting for a response.

Prof Norman Fenton is Professor Emeritus of Risk at Queen Mary University of London (retired as Full Professor Dec 2022) and a Director of Agena, a company that specialises in artificial intelligence and Bayesian probabilistic reasoning. He is a mathematician by training with current focus on quantifying risk and uncertainty using causal, probabilistic models that combine data and knowledge (Bayesian networks). Prof Fenton has published 7 books and over 400 peer reviewed articles. His works covers multiple domains including especially law and forensics (He has been an expert witness in major criminal and civil cases), and health. Since 2020 Prof Fenton has been active in analysing data related to Covid risk.

Interview recorded 12.1.24

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