I was about fourteen and good at math. My mother, a psychologist, was using me to do all the stats for for her research papers as statistics had penetrated the social sciences. Since then the doctoral hierarchy in humanities has shifted towards those good at numbers. Statistics provide these arts a scientific gloss. And penetrated the popular culture. Now most people describe social and human situations and conditions in terms of percentages or other simplified statistical terms. The deeper understanding gets lost. Due to misunderstanding or manipulation, even the simpler explanations associated with the statistics are more often wrong. Less than 50% right! SEMIDOCTS
