“The thing we don’t realize is that statistics have nothing to do with the prognosis of a patient. It’s like saying that the average temperature in San Diego for the year is 75°, doesn’t tell me what today’s temperature is. Or if the average income in La Jolla is $100,000 it doesn’t tell what your income is. Statistics never apply to the individual. At the risk of being sexist, in medical school one fellow told the joke that statistics are like a girl in a bikini. What she reveals is obvious, what she conceals is much more interesting. -Deepak Chopra, MD

“Most people use statistics like a drunk man uses a lamppost; more for support than illumination” -Mark Twain