The Nature of Things · SEASON 5

"Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics"

Episode 8 · 1965-02-28

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Episode overview

Professors Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey dispute Mark Twain's claim that: "There are lies, damn lies and statistics"; or in other words, "you can prove anything with statistics."

Season 5 episodes

1. "Good and Evil"1965-01-03 2. "Viruses"1965-01-10 3. "Survival"1965-01-17 4. Eureka1965-01-24 5. Flight1965-01-31 6. "The Quaking Earth"1965-02-07 7. Pain1965-02-21 8. "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics"1965-02-28 9. Photography1965-03-14 10. "Bird Strikes on Aircraft"1965-03-21 11. "The Pacemakers"1965-03-28