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The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics

by Tim Harford (Goodreads Author)

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May 08, 2023 04:25AM

“Everyone alive in the tenth century who left descendants is the ancestor of every living European today, including Charlemagne, and his children Drogo, Pippin and, of course, not forgetting Hugh. If”
― Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes

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“Challenge yourself to find the good and beautiful thing inside of everyone. It’s there. It’s your job to find it. Not their job to show you.”
― Mark Manson, Models: Attract Women Through Honesty

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“We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don't have books, don't fuck them.”
― John Waters

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“We sometimes forget that though the data should be pure and straightforward, science is done by people, who are never either.”
― Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes

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“I imagine Johnny Mathis hates Bin Laden as much as I do, but could Johnny agree Bin Laden had a better speechwriter than Bush? "Axis of Evil"? Come on. "A swimmer in the ocean does not fear the rain" is much more powerful propaganda. Poetic, even.”
― John Waters, Role Models

tags: axis-of-evil, george-w-bush, johnny-mathis, osama-bin-laden

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