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Lies, Damned Lies and Cat Statistics

Posted by samzenpus on from the nine-lies dept.

spopepro writes "While un-captioned cats might be of limited interest to the /. community, I found this column on how a fabricated statistic takes on a life of its own interesting. Starting with the Humane Society of the United States' (HSUS) claim that the unsterilized offspring of a cat will '...result in 420,000 cats in 5 years,' the author looks at other erroneous numbers, where they came from and why they won't go away."

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  1. What about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    6 million jews...

  2. Finally... by Just_Say_Duhhh · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We can all agree that all the Anthropogenic Climate Change data is just a bunch of hooey! "Sticky Numbers," indeed!

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    I need trepanation like I need a hole in the head.
  3. Re:Actually... by rMuD · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yep, a great parallel of the blind followers of Man Made Global Warming

  4. Re:Actually... by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    How about we focus on real problems like lead (and mercury) in the water and asbestos, soot and sulfur dioxide in the air instead of made-up problems like stray cats and carbon dioxide?