... rather I think it's a great case for why statistics is it's own branch of math.

"There are three types of lies... lies, damnable lies, and statistics."

Some years back, we got a new TV weatherman on one of our stations. The mayor of Houston came on the news to welcome him, and do the weather for him. Quoth Hizzoner, "Now, it says here that there's an 80% chance of rain tomorrow. Well, in my official capacity as mayor, I'm changing that to 50%. The way I see it, either it's gonna rain or it's not."

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