PH7654d ago

Lies, Damn Lies, and Climate Stats

https://ift.tt/YPyHUre Lies, Damn Lies, and Climate Stats - Unfortunately, all too frequently I see the same flawed (but popular) metrics used to support the narrative that certain forms of severe weather are becoming significantly worse due to global warming. In this series, I’ll review some of these misleading or deceptive metrics and offer a critique on why they are flawed. The post Lies, Damn Lies, and Climate Stats appeared first on Watts Up With That?. June 25, 2026 at […]

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Lies, Damn Lies, and Climate Stats

Lies, Damn Lies, and Climate Stats – Unfortunately, all too frequently I see the same flawed (but popular) metrics used to support the narrative that certain forms of severe weather are becom…

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Dave MuthJun 15

If you need statistics to prove it, it probably wasn’t true in the first place.
--Jack Frost, professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

#QuoteOfTheDay #Lies #DamnLies #Statistics

ShawnT 🔧🐀Mar 3, 2024

COME NOW, Google Pixel 8 -- you'll have me believe that this phone, which has been unplugged for an hour and playing audio over Bluetooth with the screen on still has 100% battery charge? Are you adding some sort of fudge factor related to the age of the phone?

#google #pixel8 #phones #battery #lies #damnlies

Interesting LinksDec 18, 2023

How the retail lobby sold a $45-billion whopper about organized shoplifting
"Politicians and the press bought into the panic over organized shoplifting, but the source of the alarming statistic now admits that it was a lie."

#shoplifting #crime #retail #statistics #lies #DamnLies #disinformation

Hiltzik: The bogus claim about organized retail theft

Politicians and the press bought into the panic over organized shoplifting, but the source of the alarming statistic now admits that it was a lie.

Los Angeles Times
Mike FraserOct 18, 2023
@ColleenB @graand I've never seen one of those in my life! #DamnLies
Greg StolzeApr 22, 2023

The phrase “laughter is the best medicine” was coined and promoted by an American insurance giant that didn’t want to pay for chemotherapy.

#Lies #DamnLies #ShitpostLies

exlabourmemberJun 29, 2022

What voting for "moderate" Labour gets you.
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RT @StaffordScott_
YOU are their second best friend @MayorofLondon

YOU promised Londons Black community's that you'd hold them to account over #StopAndSearch = #Lies #Lies and #DamnLies

The @metpoliceuk being put into #SpecialMeasures by @HMICFRS IS a reflection on @MOPACLdn

#ClosetRacist https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/1541821916125822978
https://twitter.com/StaffordScott_/status/1541841405865299973

BernieJul 13, 2020

"I hope AVX512 dies a painful death, and that Intel starts fixing real problems instead of trying to create magic instructions to then create benchmarks that they can look good on."
-- Linus' candid feedback on Intel😂

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linus-Torvalds-On-AVX-512
#lies #damnlies #benchmarks

Linus Torvalds: "I Hope AVX512 Dies A Painful Death" - Phoronix

Show threadRyan OzawaMar 12, 2019
@andeluuu Quite an opening line: "This paper discusses journalists’ vast misunderstanding, underestimation and ignorance of the nature of statistics and their role in shaping the public’s daily work and life." #lies #damnlies #statistics