tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post214211079668399997..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: Credibility -- It Was All in the NumbersGlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-62777278748356071962010-09-27T12:41:49.096-05:002010-09-27T12:41:49.096-05:00Your example would have been a great addition to t...Your example would have been a great addition to the book. Thanks for showing another real example of how these principles and ideas apply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-72527674990276030032010-09-27T06:03:40.756-05:002010-09-27T06:03:40.756-05:00I love this second part of your story. I agree wit...I love this second part of your story. I agree with Maureen. Seems like numbers have been deliberately skewed on many occasions in our world. Maybe has to do with exploiting that relationship factor? I found it fascinating that statistics are more effective when that issue was played up.<br /><br />Great post, Glynn!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263995875732832349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-1020501448513049642010-09-26T20:03:45.428-05:002010-09-26T20:03:45.428-05:00Thank you for your story, Glynn.
I have to say, ...Thank you for your story, Glynn. <br /><br />I have to say, though, I don't equate credibility with truth; and I become particularly wary when statistics are thrown at me as evidence of anything. Cynical? Maybe. But one has only to know the history of Vietnam or the Nixon presidency, the corruption of the big tobacco companies, the story of Iraq's invasion, the lie that became the Tillman narrative, or a few of the more recent examples of scienticists cooking their data to understand my feeling.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-58817350995107886252010-09-26T17:28:54.543-05:002010-09-26T17:28:54.543-05:00Interesting story.
As my husband says, "The...Interesting story. <br /><br />As my husband says, "The one with the facts wins."Cassandra Frearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16564236561567663914noreply@blogger.com