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|'''Nassim Nicholas Taleb''', ''[https://medium.com/incerto/where-you-cannot-generalize-from-knowledge-of-parts-continuation-to-the-minority-rule-ce96ca3c5739 Where You Cannot Generalize from Knowledge of Parts]''}} |
|'''Nassim Nicholas Taleb''', ''[https://medium.com/incerto/where-you-cannot-generalize-from-knowledge-of-parts-continuation-to-the-minority-rule-ce96ca3c5739 Where You Cannot Generalize from Knowledge of Parts]''}} |
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{{quote|My classical metaphor: A Turkey is fed for a 1000 days—every day confirms to its statistical department that the human race cares about its welfare "with increased statistical significance". On the 1001st day, [[Off |
{{quote|My classical metaphor: A Turkey is fed for a 1000 days—every day confirms to its statistical department that the human race cares about its welfare "with increased statistical significance". On the 1001st day, [[Off with His Head|the turkey has a surprise]]. |
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|'''Nassim Nicholas Taleb''', ''[https://www.edge.org/conversation/the-fourth-quadrant-a-map-of-the-limits-of-statistics The Fourth Quadrant: A Map of the Limits of Statistics]''}} |
|'''Nassim Nicholas Taleb''', ''[https://www.edge.org/conversation/the-fourth-quadrant-a-map-of-the-limits-of-statistics The Fourth Quadrant: A Map of the Limits of Statistics]''}} |
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"Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 'Forfty' percent of all people know that."
—Homer Simpson, The Simpsons - "Homer the Vigilante"
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"The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of a million is a statistic."
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"Ever since the formation of the Justice League, half of all marriages have ended in divorce! And the other half in DEATH!!"
—Glorious Godfrey lookalike, Justice League
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75% percent of people will believe anything that has a statistic in it. |
Nothing is so fallacious as facts, except figures.
—George Canning
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Because this is a meteorological fact I can prove with graphs and lying. It snows EVERY CHRISTMAS DAY. Oh, shut up, what do you know??
—Steven Moffat on the rules of Christmas Movies, Radio Times issue 18-31 December 2010
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Consider the following as a rule. Whenever you have nonlinearity, the average doesn’t matter anymore. Hence: —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Where You Cannot Generalize from Knowledge of Parts
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My classical metaphor: A Turkey is fed for a 1000 days—every day confirms to its statistical department that the human race cares about its welfare "with increased statistical significance". On the 1001st day, the turkey has a surprise. —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Fourth Quadrant: A Map of the Limits of Statistics
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