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Newsy Numbers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the math-is-a-wonderful-thing dept.

EriDay writes "The Wall Street Journal has a new feature called The Numbers Guy about "the way numbers and statistics are used - and abused - in the news, business and politics". The first installment lets us know that somewhere between 0 and 1 Billion (or more) people will be killed by Asian bird flu."

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  1. Another thread where we can bash Clinton by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'd point out that it ALSO is an excellent opportunity to bash Clinton, the USSR (famous for really bad statistics). high brow scientists, and condom manufacturers.

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