Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.
I view the work I've done related to statistics and economics as, roughly speaking, how to do something without having to do everything.
Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.
When you start using test audiences, it becomes more scientific than it is about the work itself, and that's boring.
Obviously, stats are important tools, but I think there's something behind those things; somewhere along the way, you've got to try to look inside someone.
There has been this - and it's reflected in the broadcasts - this moronic use of statistics. Which has suggested to everyone who is intelligent the use of statistics is moronic.
I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it.
Statistics is the grammar of science.
We are just statistics, born to consume resources.
It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.