From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 13:21:26 MST
Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
>>(Dehede011@aol.com <Dehede011@aol.com>):
>
>
>>...But let a poll be published saying that over 80% of Europeans
>>think we are a threat to world peace and Dr. Broderick is on that
>>factoid like a chicken on a kernel of corn.
>
>
> Polls like this don't even rise to the level of "factoid"; they
> don't resemble facts in any way. You might call them "opinionoids",
> because while they superficially look like the opinions of a group
> of people, there's no attempt at accurate sampling or other controls,
> so they aren't quite real opinions either.
>
Unless you are accusing those responding of lying you have to
grant that it is at least "real opinions".
- samantha
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