https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_...and_statistics Originally Posted by Wikipedia 11/5/24 "Figures often beguile me," Twain wrote, "particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'" It could be that Samuel Clemens disparaged statistics because they disarmed his prose. Or maybe he was dyslexic with ...
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