If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot.
The signal is the truth. The noise is what distracts us from the truth.
Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they already know. They tend to overrate it.
Data scientist is just a sexed up word for statistician.
I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation.