Why numbers no longer win arguments

… Our treatment of numbers is not like our treatment of the old. It’s hard, except in rare cases, to be outraged by abused statistics. And in truth there’s nothing new here. But we’d do well to remember that numbers often represent people. To be careless of how we describe them in figures is to be careless of the truth about them, which in turn is not to care. … BBC News Magazine

You can prove anything abusing statistics.

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