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I didn't downvote you, but if you are it's because you've set up a discourse that is unresolvable. If you're not going to believe statistics because they don't

I didn't downvote you, but if you are it's because you've set up a discourse that is unresolvable. If you're not going to believe statistics because they don't match your worldview, how can we possibly hope to come to a conclusion in any debate? And can you then not say absolutely anything you want if it "feels true"??

usrn 4y ago
I'm totally ok with believing statistics that don't match my worldview. I've even adjusted my worldview because of some statistics I've seen but my understanding is that those statistics are flawed. A very important part of statistics is understanding how they're gathered and these are usually gathered from crimes reported to police. From what I've heard people haven given up reporting most crimes there. If you're going to blindly believe statistics without trying to interpret them then what about the ones showing the outsized homicide rate for Black people? Without interpretation all you can conclude from that is something extremely racist.