[capitan_refugio]

Thanks for the info. I googled the phrase and came up with this:

"British politician and author Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) enlightened us with the following observation: "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics."

[capitan_refugio]

Thought to self:
Monkeys are primates.
Shakespeare was a primate.
Shakespeare didn't use a typewiter.

Could a million Shakespeares have typed Shakspeare?

[Capitalist Eric]

Perhaps both...?

I've heard it repeatedly attributed to Twain.

Of course, that doesn't preclude the possibility that they both said this, or that one ***paraphrased*** the other.

However, with regard to the so-called mathematical "proof", there is no room for debate, among those who study statistics.

FReegards,