Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!think!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!felix!john From: john@felix.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Shoe Salesman? Message-ID: <6459@felix.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 14:03:14 EDT Article-I.D.: felix.6459 Posted: Fri Aug 28 14:03:14 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Aug-87 23:49:20 EDT References: <1847@tekig4.TEK.COM> Sender: daemon@felix.UUCP Reply-To: john@felix.UUCP (John Gilbert) Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA Lines: 32 In article <1847@tekig4.TEK.COM> briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm) writes: ::I do not disagree with you; I have seen computer salesmen who are ::barely qualiied to plug a computer in, let alone explain how one ::works. However, that does *not* give you license to generalize. : :Actually, it does. Remember that statistics are valid, for a population. The :problem comes when people forget the last clause and extrapolate the population :statistics to the individuals. As you just did. : :Statistics can tell you EVERYTHING about a given population. They tell you :NOTHING about any individual in that population. : :Of course, with the number of people in our society who are unable to under- :stand that subtle difference, I don't wonder at your taking umbrage from a :defensive posture. . . : Excuse me... I missed something. Could I see those statistics again? I mean the facts you are defending here. Those quantifiable ones. Thanks, :-- :-Brian Diehm (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply) :Tektronix, Inc. :briand@tekig4.TEK.COM or {decvax,cae780,uw-beaver}!tektronix!tekig4!briand John Gilbert -- John Gilbert !trwrb!felix!john