Why are we so obsessed with statistics?

The news is obsessed with statistics — but we didn’t evolve that way. Here’s what’s more effective for conveying your message, according to a social psychologist.

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Well, there is the "storyteller" in all of us. It is in our deepest parts. But let's face it, this problem wouldn't exist if we could confine our stories to what actually happened, instead of allowing our formulations to contain biased reporting tainted by emotional reactions and desires for importance. In other words, stories need to get rooted in reality without personal agendas designed to make us right and others wrong. This way there would be no right and wrong, only what happened in actuality and how we can learn from it. All we are learning from the professional "storytellers" ( media) is how full of crap they are. They are interested in only one thing and it ain't accurate reporting or dialog of any sort. Just viewership. They both cultivate and capitalize on the vulnerable ignorant and their utter confusion about their own psychological malfunctions. They are a distraction that enables the mentally unfit to more deeply bury their heads in the sand.