nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqtxd79zqd977yhjzzaemsq3qp55p8wgrjqe0pf7z2xny89g8yf4tqzcx0tx (nprofile…x0tx) In light of how all sorts of statistics can be used to further argument if applied artfully enough, we have to be very careful when we start using "facts"
Examples
All you can say is the CPI says inflation is running at 3.3%, but this can be measured in a multiplicity of ways, using different metrics to produce different results
I have two pairs of jeans from different manufacturers, the same lable size, one fits, one doesn't
Perhaps only maths is truthful?
Totts
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2026-04-24 11:45:02 UTC
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