Cathal Walsh
@cathalwalsh.bsky.social
Professor of Biostatistics, Trinity College Dublin. There’s more to counting than numbers. people.tcd.ie/walshc Born c. 335ppm. Small wheel cyclist. Biostatistician.
Interesting Ian - thanks for sharing. Concern in UK too www.theguardian.com/society/2025... with active preparation in place in Ireland too.
UK hospitals bracing for once-in-a-decade flu surge this winter
Officials urge vaccination against mutated strain of virus that may be more transmissible than usual
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Interesting Ian - thanks for sharing. Concern in UK too www.theguardian.com/society/2025... with active preparation in place in Ireland too.
Fair play to them - and to Tipperary today! Tá sé (camánaíocht) an-chosúil le hiománaíocht - ach is dóigh liom go bhfuil an iománaíocht níos fearr - cé nach amhlaidh atá an scéal i mbliana do Chorcaigh!
July 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Fair play to them - and to Tipperary today! Tá sé (camánaíocht) an-chosúil le hiománaíocht - ach is dóigh liom go bhfuil an iománaíocht níos fearr - cé nach amhlaidh atá an scéal i mbliana do Chorcaigh!
I hope it was a more balanced game than today’s All Ireland Hurling final - a game of two halves.
July 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I hope it was a more balanced game than today’s All Ireland Hurling final - a game of two halves.
True and true. There are many cases where the calculations are intractable and numerical approaches (sometimes framed as simulation - e.g. Monte Carlo integration - but aren’t) are helpful. But data, and hence the related evidence are different. ‘No amount of computation compensates for ignorance.’
July 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
True and true. There are many cases where the calculations are intractable and numerical approaches (sometimes framed as simulation - e.g. Monte Carlo integration - but aren’t) are helpful. But data, and hence the related evidence are different. ‘No amount of computation compensates for ignorance.’
Reposted by Cathal Walsh
True. 4–7-8 breathing for me!
June 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
True. 4–7-8 breathing for me!