I nominate Bill O'Reilly's comment for the mid-week humor award.
Ken
Christopher D. Green wrote:
Here's a "teachable moment" for your stats courses. Bill O'Rielly says
that it is "to be expected" that Canada's life expectancy is higher that
the US's because the US has 10 times as many people.
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907270052
Paul Krugman (who, despite his Nobel, apparently doesn't get out much
these days) says he is left "speechless" by this inane claim.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/speechless/?emc=eta1
Chris
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