MichaelGR comments on Rationality quotes: April 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MichaelGR 05 April 2010 06:35:53AM 10 points [-]

"Torture the data long enough and they will confess to anything."

--via The Economist, "a saying of statisticians".

Comment author: gwern 01 May 2010 01:31:37AM 4 points [-]

"With 4 parameters I can fit an elephant, and with 5 I can make him wiggle his trunk."

--von Neumann

Comment author: RobinZ 05 April 2010 12:41:31PM 0 points [-]

I like it, but do you have an issue number?

Comment author: Mass_Driver 05 April 2010 01:49:50PM 2 points [-]

My father's been saying that as long as I can remember; he hasn't taken a statistics class since '82.

Comment author: RobinZ 05 April 2010 02:03:00PM 0 points [-]

Never mind, then!

Comment author: MichaelGR 05 April 2010 09:23:56PM * 1 point [-]

Here is the piece I got it from:

Comment author: RobinZ 05 April 2010 09:31:06PM 0 points [-]

"A different game: Information is transforming traditional businesses", Feb 25th 2010 - thanks!