The cult of statistics.

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Need I say more?
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Statistics are wrong because they incomplete.
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"It wasn't me. Accidents happen, Jake, more often than than murder; and way more often than murders committed by supernaturally possessed dolls. That's just basic math." 
-Chucky
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@Barney
“There are 3 kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
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Statistics are useful.

For example, birth rate statistics tell us that both Russia and USA are in decline.

And once birth rates start declining, they really dont stop. Just ask Japan.

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Japan is doing fine despite the aging population. It's an example that other countries should follow instead of reflexively moving towards massi.migratiom
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If you put one foot in a bucket of boiling water, and the other foot in a bucket of ice water, then statistically speaking, you are comfortable.
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Realistically speaking, you would scream in pain and want to die.
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"If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment."  – Ernest Rutherford


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Statistics are as statistics do.

Need I say more?


As for the bucket experiment.

I would completely disagree with your findings.

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“The great thing about statistics is that they can prove anything – 78% of people know that.” – Homer Simpson
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people with brains are a cult now, got it