〈 Berger | Dillon 〉

boss: did you look at the data? me, a data scientist: yes boss: your report doesn't say whether there was or wasn't an effect me: no. it does not boss: was there no effect? me: if there was no effect, i would say so. boss: so there was an effect? me: *sips water* not saying that

Statisticians and data scientistis could be so annoying at times. Blame it on probability and life uncertainty.

Speaking as someone with only a basic understanding of statistics, people who fail to have a basic understanding of statistics can be so annoying at times.

i don't understand statistics, and I'm annoying only 0.00001% of the time

Did you derive that last figure with your poor understanding of statistics?