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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.

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Michael Lewis
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: October 15
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Michael M. Lewis
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