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    83% of statisticians polled say you cannot predict future events from the statistical results of an opinion poll, which means you can still make those predictions 17% of the time. Maybe this is one of that 17%?

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      67% of statistics are made up

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        Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate, Leo. 100%! How do they do that?

        McGarry: Well, maybe they don’t and they also can’t count.