It’s nice to see some physics textbooks getting real about the dangers of statistics:

Is This a Real Science Textbook Introduction?

These words do in fact form the beginning of the first chapter of the book “States of Matter,” a text by CalTech physicist David L. Goodstein, as documented by the following extract from a digital copy of the book:

That’s neat. Who knew that statistical analysis was essentially the Necronomicon?

NOW IT IS OUR TURN.