"Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked."--Niccolo Machiavelli This headline does not reflect the contents of this article. Therefore, it is meaningless. And I sincerely hope there are no new numbers as I have always had problems with the ones we already have... "Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"--Leonardo da Vinci I have gratuitously included an unrelated photo. It is not attributed to anyone and it is not accompanied by an explanation. "Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations."--Raymond Chandler Cherry picking of data means we look for particular data and statistics that help to illustrate our point of view. It can also mean we present data in a certain way which is more favorable to creating the impression we want. Note also that this comment does not relate directly to the quote by Chandler. "One picture is worth 1,000 denials."--Ronald Reagan Sometimes I like to include images without attributing them to their source. I did not create this graphic, but I'm not going to tell you who did or what it means. By the way, did you happen to check to see of Ronald Reagan actually said this? If he did, what was the context? Did you know that there are 70 people in the U.S. named Ronald Reagan. (I got this 'fact' from this website: http://howmanyofme.com/search/) By the way, I don't know if this number is accurate or where they get their information, but I was intrigued to learn that there may or may not be 297 people named Cheryl Hicks in the U.S.) If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better."--Peter Singer No explanation needed, but you might want to find out who Peter Singer is. Warning: You may find yourself going down a rabbit hole as you try to wrap your head around the concept of applied ethics. If you bothered to read this far, you deserve a good laugh! "My mother-in-law had a pain beneath her left breast. Turned out to be a trick knee."--Phyllis Diller
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AuthorCheryl Hicks is a writer and an artist. She is happiest when she can combine the two pursuits. |