I read this book and had the same thoughts. But I think what he was intending to get across, is that you can take any statistics and spin it in a positive or ne

I read this book and had the same thoughts. But I think what he was intending to get across, is that you can take any statistics and spin it in a positive or negative way. In other words - you can choose to be optimistic or pessimistic. He does address this at several points where he says something along the lines of having a healthy level of skepticism is a good thing, but to do it in a positive way.