HIGH-ORDER HERESY

摘要

It has been hypothesized that the .30-30 was the most effective deer rifle, because statistically so many deer are harvested with that caliber. Another number that used to be bandied about and skewed for political effect was that crummy little .22 and .32 throw-down revolvers were the most deadly, if you just tallied up the raw numbers of deaths by caliber. Likewise, if you extracted just the numbers with no situational context, you might conclude that kitchen cutlery, scissors and ice picks make the most deadly blades as weapons. Disingenuous statisticians have actually tried to spin such numbers, of course, which is why some chain restaurants now serve you a politically correct overcooked steak with a butter knife.