The Nature of Things - Season 5 - Eps 8: "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics"
Professors Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey dispute Mark Twain's claim that: "There are lies, damn lies and statistics"; or in other words, "you can prove anything with statistics."
About The Nature of Things

Title: The Nature of Things
First Air Date: 1960-11-06
Last Air Date: 2025-03-05
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.1/10 (from 7 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 64
Total Episodes: 444
Network: CBC Television
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
Cast

Sarika Cullis-Suzuki
Self - Presenter

Anthony Morgan
Self - Presenter