Believing in each other

Monday, July 15, 2013

Believing in each other

I was never good at statistics but I love using them. You can make something sound so dramatic with a good statistic. Or you can expose all your prejudices and fears with them.

Royal Statistical Society has just shown to what extent we do that.

Teen pregnancies: how many do you think there are in our broken and morally bankrupt society? 15% of under 16's become pregnant each year?

No!

0.6%

Benefit fraud: how much per £100 of benefits is fraudulently claimed? £24 per £100?

No!

70 pence per £100 of benefits paid.

And we could go on. The higher numbers are what the majority of the public believe is happening. The lower numbers are the truth.

Perhaps it is not so much about what we do that is morally bankrupt but rather our lack of trust in each other.

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