I really enjoyed an Editorial in the Guardian about the unreliability of statistics – here’s the phrase which really made me laugh –
Research in 2005 suggested that only 36% of people think official statistics are accurate
I don’t know, what do you think……..do you believe it?
Heroes Not Zombies 
Ill tell you what I know…
Every time I read something in a newspaper or see something on television that I actually have knowledge of, I gasp in amazement on how inaccurate it is portrayed. Don’t get me started on internet viruses and how much they supposedly cost big business……..
So there you go!
there is a popular saying in Austria “Don`t believe the statistics which you have not manipulated yourself” 🙂
yes but they like to at least listen about them, they want to have some security, a statistic is always something good to have on the side to explain an event (or anythig else) more thoroughly.but i dontthink they are useful at all, they just make people think more and more and get trapped in thoughts without noticing the real truth.