Frazz by Jef Mallett for May 23, 2021

There was a book written in the 1950’s entitled, “How to Lie with Statistics”

We’re way beyond what she’s talking about. Now we just make up facts to fit what we want the truth to be. No more bothering with stretching the statistics.

“By their actions  shall ye know them.”†

All that verbal stuff wrapped around behavior is … just … “ification”. (Whether it’s you or someone else verbalizing).

† Borrowed from Matthew 7:16 and altered to the current setting.

Figures lie and liars figure.

Go figure.

Quit whining and do your homework

100% of my comment is accurate +/- 5% .

Kid is prescient. She clearly gets the it is what it is idea that either item, the thought or the action, is self explanatory.

Most people seem to prefer being told what to believe and why, instead of educating themselves on an issue. Much easier to form opinions when someone provides them.

Guess it’s an offshoot of the prepackaged sandwiches found in bus stop eateries in early years. Usually were stale and way out of date, but if one was hungry for something, it didn’t matter.

Statistics is a very useful tool in a universe where everything seems random.

“If you can’t use statistics to prove your point, you don’t know how to use statistics!”  Or something like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tzfl1wTemM

Just remember, 82.456% of all statistics are made up on the spot. And get extra suspicious if there are that many decimal places in a statistic. ;-)