From: "Paul S. Penrod" <furballs@netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 12:18:43 +0800
To: Clay Olbon II <Clay.Olbon@dynetics.com>
Subject: Re: CIA Fears UmpTeen InfoNukes
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On 26 Jun 1996, Clay Olbon II wrote:

> 
> Probably the same way other things are counted when used to make a
> political point (# of homeless people, # of date rape victims, etc.).  Make
> a wild-ass guess based on a very small sample, then multiply by a factor of
> 10 or 100.  I think lying with statistics has become a national pastime
> recently.  I tend to not trust numbers issued by folks who stand to gain
> from the use of the numbers.
> 
> 	Clay
> 

Lying with statistics probably started with the invention of the same. 
Mark Twain put it best:

"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics"

:-)

...Paul