That is why statisticians are not running the world.

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That is why statisticians are not running the world.

ebnelson — 9/23/2004 4:33:03 PM (archived)

It requires judgement.
The statistics that are allowed to replace judgement often miss the real issues significantly.
AQ, if they had not been so effectively stopped from their plans to ruin the US after 911, would have had terrible impacts on our economy, and our ability to deal with things like medical research.
When Belgium's neutrality failed at the beginning of WWII, many things that were formerly important became absolutely destroyed under the new state of affairs.
AQ wants no less of a disruption in our society.
I will take my chances with heart disease and cancer. WE must deal with people who make war on us.
The stats in a way are meaningless for what we are facing.
that is not fear, but focusing on the numbers while ignoring the reality is escapism.
Ed

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What I don't get - LJ - 9/23/2004 4:27:10 PM
- Probably not very many. Throwing money at a problem seldom works. - David F Mayer - 9/24/2004 4:30:02 AM
- Conservatives don't REALLY get upset over violent American deaths. - Bowser - 9/23/2004 8:21:21 PM
  - I noticed - LJ - 9/23/2004 10:27:33 PM
    - They are being treated exactly as long standing military protocol directs. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/23/2004 10:43:13 PM
  - Thanks for the content free post, Bowser. - ebnelson - 9/23/2004 9:26:23 PM
    - Probably belongs on Flame, if anywhere, eb. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/23/2004 9:39:14 PM
  - What you don't understand is that we are not going to sit here and let terrorist attack our country - REB - 9/23/2004 9:12:00 PM
    - Yes Bowser, this probably belongs on Flame - REB - 9/23/2004 9:49:31 PM
- My point is... - LJ - 9/23/2004 7:28:18 PM
  - "The less you know the better you sleep..." - RobVG - 9/25/2004 2:55:04 AM
  - The 9/11 attacks did about a trillion dollars worth of damage to the US economy... - Larry J - 9/23/2004 8:19:44 PM
    - Much of the economic damage was because of the fear. - Art Martin - 9/23/2004 10:42:27 PM
    - 9-11 was from their point of view brilliant. And Bush has fallen into OBLs trap, big time. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/23/2004 9:09:54 PM
      - Yes, they wanted to lose the country they ran the financial network they had and the mansions they lived in. - ebenlson - 9/23/2004 10:16:42 PM
        
        Haven't lost it yet. Seem to be able to leave if they prefer to be elsewhere. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/23/2004 10:44:37 PM
  - re: Fear - Raoul - 9/23/2004 7:58:10 PM
- Spending - Tom Brosz - 9/23/2004 4:48:06 PM
- Because terrorism effects much more than just death counts - Scott Evil - 9/23/2004 4:44:59 PM
- Life has a 100% mortality rate. No one gets out of here alive. - Larry J - 9/23/2004 4:43:47 PM
- That is why statisticians are not running the world. - ebnelson - 9/23/2004 4:33:03 PM
  - I would think you would be right if....... - Tony - 9/23/2004 4:38:48 PM
    - You might want to read the link in Tom's post below... - Larry J - 9/23/2004 5:16:16 PM
      - Still some good evidence that OBL and Iraq were linked - REB - 9/23/2004 9:21:22 PM
        
        One other thing. - REB - 9/23/2004 9:31:08 PM
    - If we want to break up terror, Iraq is the current theatre of operations - ebnelson - 9/23/2004 5:08:50 PM
      - Well duh. - Tony - 9/23/2004 5:21:00 PM
        
        Where would the theater of operations be otherwise? - Tom Brosz - 9/24/2004 12:35:13 AM
        
        So Saddam was not a major player in terrorism prior to our invasion? - ebnelson - 9/23/2004 6:57:51 PM
        
        re: So Saddam was not a major player in terrorism prior to our invasion? - Tony - 9/23/2004 7:07:41 PM
        
        My fears of WMDs? - ebnelson - 9/23/2004 7:17:31 PM
        
        You can make a case that we should have feared Saddams WMDs and terrorism prior to the war - alcaray - 9/23/2004 9:49:57 PM
        
        no yes no? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/23/2004 7:04:50 PM
        
        Not only that - alcaray - 9/23/2004 6:48:15 PM
        
        Orders of magnitude more Iraqis died from Saddam than are dying now. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/23/2004 6:58:45 PM
        
        I'm sure the families of Iraqis killed by imported terrorists feel much better for that thought (n/t) - Tony - 9/23/2004 7:09:17 PM
        
        you may need to remind them of that, over the years (n/t) - alcaray - 9/23/2004 7:03:59 PM
        
        It seems, if one were to actually listen to Allawi, that they do. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/23/2004 7:19:42 PM
        
        Yes, today. Check in 10 years from now and see if they still like us. - alcaray - 9/23/2004 9:51:25 PM
        
        Kind of like France? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/24/2004 2:41:09 AM
        
        No. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/24/2004 2:49:10 PM

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