The debate of clashing memes - The problem of hand-picked data is not new. Truth battles its way to surface or oblivion everyday. People smarter than their predecessors, or not, make decisions. Is something new a foot? No, you find it in a quote attributed to Mark Twains, and others. “People commonly use statistics like a drunk uses a lamp post; for support rather than illumination.” George Johnson's
Raw Data column suggests this phenomenon is exacerbated by the Internet. Perhaps, perhaps. - Jack Vaughan
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