On 01/09/14 00:13, Timothy Murphy wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

5. It is very difficult if not impossible today
to fiddle with data, since there are statistical tests to see
if the numbers are coherent.

its actually easier, because you can write a program that will generate
a beautiful set of data samples scattered around whatever mean you want.

It is difficult to _modify_ a large quantity of data
in a way that does not show statistical inconsistency.

dont be silly.

What are computers FOR?


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