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May 2025
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The Statistical Oddity That May Save You...

Sahil Bloom
About this episode

If you're reading this newsletter, chances are you self-identify as an ambitious, high-achieving individual. Or, at a minimum, you aspire to be one.


You probably take pride in your ability to analyze a situation, deconstruct the problem, create potential solutions, and execute against them.


And, up to this point, you've mostly been rewarded for that.

We live in a world obsessed with numbers and analysis. We track every bit of data available to us. We relentlessly deconstruct. We optimize our routines and decisions around dashboards and spreadsheets.


But unfortunately, that tendency can lead us into peril.


Let me introduce you to one of my favorite obscure references:


Anscombe's Quartet...


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