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Statistically, the probability of any of us being here is so small

Statistically, the probability of any of us being here is so small that youd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in contented dazzlement of surprise. – Lewis Thomas

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Our behavior toward each other is the strangest, most unpredictable, and most unaccountable of all the phenomena with which we are obliged to live. In all of nature, there is nothing so threatening to humanity as humanity itself. – Lewis Thomas

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The great secret of medicine, known to doctors but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves. – Lewis Thomas

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The central task of science is to arrive, stage by stage, at a clearer comprehension of nature, but this does not at all mean, as it is sometimes claimed to mean, a search for mastery over nature. – Lewis Thomas

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Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. – Author Unknown

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Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say. – William W. Watt

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Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped off. – Paul Brodeur, Outrageous Misconduct

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Satan delights equally in statistics and in quoting scripture…. – H.G. Wells, The Undying Fire

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