cholentkugelkishke:
You wrote:”Just for the record – I think the Rabbonim were given facts – numbers, etc. and based the Kol Korei on that. It’s a pretty simple cheshbon if you look at the numbers……….”
The following is my reply (none of these are my words, but words of statisticians and people throughout time):
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, d**ned lies, and statistics.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881)
“Statistician: A man who believes figures don’t lie, but admits that under analysis some of them won’t stand up either.”
“Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.”
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