Statistics vs Anecdotes
Discussions center on the tension between statistical evidence and personal anecdotes, including critiques of statistical misuse, misunderstandings, and phrases like 'lies, damn lies, and statistics.'
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Statistics often don't conform to one's anecdotal expectations.
The statistics is completely wrong - and the conclusion is (probably) completely right...
Statistics matter, anecdotes do not.
Welp, statistics say otherwise :-)
That's not how statistics work. Perhaps you were making a joke?
statistics? People who should know have told me otherwise
The good old "Statistics don't apply to an individual"
statistics doesn't always apply on a personal level, it's statistics :)
Give me some authoritative statistics that show otherwise.
That analogy is bad statistics, and I think we should call out those bad statistics, especially on HN.