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[hmate9]

Lies, damned lies, and statistics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statist...

Statistics can be manipulated surprisingly easily.

[justinlardinois → hmate9]

There are three kinds of lies. There are also three kinds of comments I see in this thread:

> "This is interesting, here's some thoughts and ideas that further contribute to this subject"

> "This is interesting, here's a link to some further writing on this subject"

> "The entire concept and discipline of statistics is bullshit."

Par for the course here at Hacker News.

[duaneb → justinlardinois]

Hey, the null hypothesis is powerful and valuable. I, for one, and happy that all three types are well-represented; all three are healthy in moderation.

I also think that the quote fits in quite nicely here, it's not a wholesale rejection of statistics.

[justinlardinois → duaneb]

The quote itself isn't, but just posting a link to the Wikipedia article without explaining how they think it applies here is pretty much a wholesale rejection of statistics.

[jdp23 → justinlardinois]

4. > "About TL:DR ...:"

Also par for the course here :)