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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Discworld/The Science of Discworld|The Science of Discworld]]'' books have an arguably accurate but somewhat twisted take on statistics: the chances of ''anything at all'' happening are so remote that it doesn't make sense to be surprised at ''specific'' unlikely things.
* [[Dave Barry]] once joked that he always flew on the airline with the most recent crash, on the assumption that it wouldn't be "due" for another one.
* [[Mark Twain]]'s ''Life on the Mississippi'' contained the following proof of what you can do with statistics:
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