After several false starts, when I floundered about, trying to make a half-interesting campaign out of statistic, I realised that the only way to prove something is to do it.

数次不顺的开始后，我艰难的尝试从统计结果做个半趣味性的广告，我意识到证明一件事的唯一方法就是把它做出来。

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There are few things that can make you feel dumber than a statistic. That's because there are few things that are more misleading.

没有什么能让人觉得比统计数字更具有迷惑性，这是因为统计数字更容易误导人。

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Make no mistake, these are not just numbers. Behind every statistic there's a story.

千万不要搞错，这些不仅仅是数字，每一个统计数字背后都有一段故事。

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But this is a statistic likely to be transformed by changes in England which make education compulsory up to 17 this year and up to 18 in 2015.

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Let me start with a statistic that some of you might already know: While women make 47% of the U.S. workforce, only 5% of startups are owned by women.

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