I think that a failure of statistical thinking is the major intellectual shortcoming of our universities, journalism and intellectual culture. (Steven Pinker)

I think that a failure of statistical thinking is the major intellectual shortcoming of our universities, journalism and intellectual culture.

Steven Pinker

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