This was my favorite line: "But then statistics, as Dr Johnson himself might have observed, are often used as a dog uses a lamppost - more for support than illumination."
As it turns out, I know a few things about the habits of dogs and lamp-posts. Support really isn't in it, but I'm all about the concept of pissing on statistics.
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branchandroot
Re: Seriously.
Date: 2004-07-07 03:00 pm (UTC)"But then statistics, as Dr Johnson himself might have observed, are often used as a dog uses a lamppost - more for support than illumination."
As it turns out, I know a few things about the habits of dogs and lamp-posts. Support really isn't in it, but I'm all about the concept of pissing on statistics.