We all fall prey to this, I write about it all the time and have few readers who are mathematicians who read my blog and agree that today with using computer algorithms to spin numbers that math is not 100% reliable any more on proving accuracy.

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Just as optimisation algorithms come in handy when people are swamped by vast numbers of permutations, so statistical algorithms help firms to grapple with complex datasets.

ECONOMIST: Algorithms