Where do they get these figures from?
I mean there's science... There's estimation... And pure guesswork, surely?
Quick scan at the news.
Currently 700,000 - or one person in every 88 in the UK - has dementia, incurring a yearly cost of £17bn.
A new report claims it will cost £76m to repair potholes on minor roads across Worcestershire.
The cost of the 2012 London Olympics could rise to nearly four times the figure set out in the city's bid for the Games, the BBC has learned. The Treasury and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) are discussing a price of £9bn - up from an initial figure of £2.35bn.
How much do all these reports cost?
Is it just me or is there an news report out each day saying something to the effect of...
"A new report out today says we're all going to die, everything is shit, things have failed, and frankly we're all buggered."
*sigh*
We may as well just sit down and die on our arses then.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
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Aparently, 47.67% of all statistics are made up.
Avoiding the esoteric at this point, all I can do is quote a bumper sticker - There are only two certainties in life: death and taxes. I'm beginning to think the rest of it is made up anyway.
Nobody is interested in things that are "ok", and it's far easier to rant and moan about something than it is to enthuse about something.
Now, if everyone were to enthusiastically rant, mind... ;)
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