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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Neocon who wrote (48176)5/26/2002 5:28:16 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
But I have heard people
make the most preposterous mistakes,

We all have, particularly in the use of mathematics and statistics.

Have you read either Paulos's Innumeracy or Huff's How to Lie with Statistics? Both excellent books on the abuse of numbers and statistics. Our children are taught to compute (at least somewhat), but not usually to THINK about numbers and what they mean.
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