Reply to post: Re: Know thy data

You can crunch it all you like, but the answer is NOT always in the data

Kristian Walsh Silver badge

Re: Know thy data

The Bible letter-counters are a very good analogy. If your goal is to prove your theory, you can always find the data to make that happen.

Rigorous investigators try to find the data that contradicts their theory; frauds only look for the data that confirms it. (e.g. every piece of "scientific" evidence used to bolster every single conspiracy theory)

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