Thank you Jerry, you managed to remind me of this classic Isaac Asimov quote:
"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" -- Isaac Asimov On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "Sure do love the magic of statistics" > > Here are some nice quotes on stats: > > A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. > Any statistics can be extrapolated to the point where they show disaster. > Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. > He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts--for support rather than > illumination. > statistics are like a bikini bathing suit: what they reveal is interesting; > what they conceal is vital. > Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same > figures to draw different conclusions. > There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. > [Like people] if you torture statistics long enough, they'll tell you > anything you want to hear. > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362113 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
