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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

  • -- Benjamin Disraeli 本杰明·迪斯雷利

谎言有三种:谎言、该死的谎言和统计数字。

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One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.

历史上最惨痛的教训之一是:如果我们被愚弄的时间足够长，我们往往会拒绝任何有关这种欺骗的证据。竹竿把我们捉住了。一旦你让一个骗子控制了你，你几乎永远不会再得到它。

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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word "census," and people fall asleep.

当然，去年我们做了一集关于人口普查和抽样与直接统计的对比。你刚说“人口普查”，人们就睡着了。

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Autobiographies tell more lies than all but the most self-indulgent fiction.

自传所讲的谎言比除了最放纵自己的小说之外的所有小说都要多。

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The type of measure used placed constraints on which statistics can be used.

所使用的度量类型对统计数据的使用施加了限制。

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The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing.

躺在女人眼睛里的光明，已经毁灭了我的心。

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Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

谎言容易，真理难。

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