After reading over a certain thread this morning regarding the outcome of a certain poll, I have to post this - I welcome your intelligent challenges to this personal belief of mine.

Statistics and Polls == Bullshit.

Why? Statistics can be and usually are slanted to the beliefs of the person accumulating them. Polls are too. The questions asked even from a 'unbiased' cross-section of our society cannot be stated so as to objectively garner any information whatsoever, nor can these results be accumulated by an unbiased individual.

Why? Cross sections of society are just that - cross sections. They're weighted by race/religious creed/sexual preference/education/economic factors, etc. They never accurately represent society at large - and it's impossible to poll everyone and get your results correct - just ask the census bureau, then ask me about the census taker I threw off my front porch because he wanted to see my tax return.

I maintain that it is impossible to keep bias out of anything in respect to public opinions about this or that, or which software is "safest". Any challenges?