Thaaaat's Numberwang

"Number occupies a strategic position in this conflict, because it is simultaneously the most generalized basis of thought and that which demands most abruptly the question of its being." — Alain Badiou

See also Mitchell & Webb's "Numberwang" sketch.

October 12
A formula for justice | Law | The Guardian

Lawyers call this type of mistake the prosecutor’s fallacy, when people confuse the odds associated with a piece of evidence with the odds of guilt.