In short, numbers are accepted as evidence when they agree … - Thomas Sowell

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In short, numbers are accepted as evidence when they agree with preconceptions, but not when they don’t.

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Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist and political commentator. He taught economics at Cornell University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and since 1980 at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he is currently Senior Fellow.

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