Re: Why do people cite surveys?
It is obviously the case that people quite often simply do not know accurately the answer to some questions about themselves despite the fact that they are sure... but it's also the case that you can get statistically legitimate results (though the interpretation might be more difficult) from surveys. Look at the MMPI, the actual meanings to the questions don't exactly matter... but maybe that's sort of a different thing...
also lol @ the unintentionally borrowed Nietzscheism of sarcastically arguing the uselessness of supporting something with such-and-such and concluding by supporting your argument with precisely such-and-such (for as Homer says, "many lies tell the poets")
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