#mike-lynch

#mike-lynch

At least two terrible ironies surround the death of Mike Lynch. One lies in the name of his superyacht, which sank off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of 19 August 2024. He had named the boat Bayesian to honour Bayes's theorem, a mathematical rule that helps you weigh up the probability of something given the available evidence, which served as Lynch's guiding light over the course of a tempestuous career.

Justice Hildyard estimated that if Autonomy's accounts had been properly stated, the difference between that valuation and the actual price paid was £697 million.

"While some believe the superyacht Bayesian sank due to its vulnerability to high winds, others argue human errors were primarily to blame for the tragedy."