“Lies, damned lies, and statistics” is a phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments, “one of the best, and best-known” critiques of applied statistics.[2] It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent’s point.
from wikipedia, which leads me to my question:
what is this critique?
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The origin of the phrase is the three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics, being the biggest liar of them all.
They lie because the sole point of their existence was prove to you that a bumblebee couldn’t fly. This kind of saying was used in the late 1800s, and wasn’t really generally understood for decades later.
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