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Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook by hombre_fatal on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @03:10AM (#25843836)
Statistics, measurements, are the only lens on reality that we have. It's something we have to be able to talk about.

Be very wary of someone who thinks their intuition is stronger than our best pursuits of data. And, based on what, Reddit r/videos and Twitter?

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Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook by newbie789 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @01:08PM (#25849717)
That’s fascinating. I personally haven’t found any statistics on how many crimes of any type are committed that didn’t include estimates, only statistics that count arrests(1) since those are discrete and easily countable.

I agree that statistics are an incredibly powerful tool to understand the world but I disagree that they’re the “only lens on reality” since in some cases, ideologues are able to summon numbers that fit a preconceived notion.

Edit: oops, forgot the link (1) https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-...

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