Comments on: TheNextWeb.org: Lies, damned lies, and statistics http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/30/thenextweborg-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:26:19 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wouter http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/30/thenextweborg-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-365269 Wouter Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:16:16 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=2606#comment-365269 Keep up the good work guys! Keep up the good work guys!

]]> By: Rory http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/30/thenextweborg-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-365268 Rory Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:56:03 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=2606#comment-365268 Nice one. I'm a fan. Keep it up! Nice one. I’m a fan. Keep it up!

]]> By: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/30/thenextweborg-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-365267 Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:55:30 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=2606#comment-365267 Glad you liked it! But the quote is probably from Benjamin Disraeli not Mark Twain. Here is the complete quote: "Figures often beguile me," Twain wrote, "particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'" More information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics Glad you liked it! But the quote is probably from Benjamin Disraeli not Mark Twain. Here is the complete quote:

“Figures often beguile me,” Twain wrote, “particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’”

More information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics

]]> By: Geoffrey McCaleb http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/30/thenextweborg-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-365266 Geoffrey McCaleb Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:39:06 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=2606#comment-365266 It's not often I hear a good Mark Twain quote in the morning. Well done on the traffic! It’s not often I hear a good Mark Twain quote in the morning. Well done on the traffic!

]]> By: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/30/thenextweborg-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-365265 Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:30:05 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=2606#comment-365265 Oh, wondering about the title? Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics Oh, wondering about the title? Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics

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