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statistic

is something which does not speak for itself.

Statistics do not speak for themselves. Milton Friedman

 teaches us that while the individual is an insoluble puzzle, men in the aggregate become a mathematical certainty. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant.

While the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell what any one man will be up to, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant. So says the statistician.

is like dreams, a form of wish fulfillment.

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.

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