[syriacus]

Anyone can now purchase a host of ''how to'' books on lying, like one I saw titled, ''How to Lie with Statistics.'' (The only statistics about which one can't lie are those that tell how many do.)

Just wanted to clarify one thing. There is a book entitled How to Lie with Statistics that was an "eye-opening" book, written to make people aware of the ways that the presentation of statistics can be used to deceive people.

I'm grateful to my father who handed me a copy to read when I was about 13. I never again took someone's presentation of statistics at face value.

[cyclotic]

You never trust statisticas because it's a statistical fact that 78.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot