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This URL contains the words "statistics," "gov" and "UK," which are three of people's least favorite words in a URL.
這個網址包含單詞“統計”，“gov”和“UK”，這三個是在網址中最不受歡迎的單詞。
And the amazing thing about this was that the website came down at quarter to 10 at night,
驚人的是，這個網站在晚上9點45的時候癱瘓了，
because people were actually engaging with this data of their own free will, using their own personal time.
因為人們實際上在基于自愿的基礎上，很積極地利用他們的個人時間為我們提供數據。
I was very interested to see that we got something like a quarter of a million people playing the quiz within the space of 48 hours of launching it.
我很興奮的看到，有二十五萬人在測試發起的48小時之內參與了測試。
And it sparked an enormous discussion online, on social media, which was largely dominated by people having fun with their misconceptions,
并且在網絡和社交媒體上激發了巨大的討論，這些討論大部分被在見解偏差中找到樂趣的人們所占據，
which is something that I couldn't have hoped for any better, in some respects.
對于我來說，在某種程度上沒有比這更令人欣慰的了。
I also liked the fact that people started sending it to politicians.
我也愿意看到人們開始將它發送給政客。
How well do you know the area you claim to represent?
你對你自己聲稱代表的區域了解多少？
And then just to finish, going back to the two kinds of people,
那么我的演講要接近尾聲了，回到那兩類人，
I thought it would be really interesting to see how people who are good with numbers would do on this quiz.
我很好奇擅長數字的人是如何完成這個測試的。
The national statistician of England and Wales, John Pullinger, you would expect he would be pretty good. He got 44 for his own area.
英格蘭和威爾士的國家統計學家，約翰·普令吉爾，你會覺得他應該做得非常好。然而他在自己的區域得了44分。
Jeremy Paxman -- admittedly, after a glass of wine -- 36. Even worse.
杰瑞米·帕克斯曼--我得聲明，是在喝了一杯酒之后--得了36分。還不如前面那位。
It just shows you that the numbers can inspire us all. They can surprise us all.
它展示給大家數字可以啟示我們，可以給我們帶來驚訝。
So very often, we talk about statistics as being the science of uncertainty.
所以我們常常把統計學作為一種不確定性的科學來談論。
My parting thought for today is: actually, statistics is the science of us.
我今天的想法是，實際上，統計是關于我們自身的科學。
And that's why we should be fascinated by numbers. Thank you very much.
這是為什么我們應該為此感到著迷。非常感謝。
