Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 3rd April 2018

Dilbert//10580, first published eight years ago on Tuesday 3rd April 2018

Bad Data

Tags

data, information, accuracy

Official transcript

Boss: What does the data tell us to do? Dilbert: We only have bad data on this. Boss: Does the bad data suggest we should do what we wanted to do anyway? Dilbert: Well, yes. Boss: That's called "good data."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WHAT DOES THE DATA TELL US TO DO?

WE ONLY HAVE BAD DATA ON THIS.

DOES THE BAD DATA SUGGEST WE SHOULD DO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO ANYWAY?

WELL, YES.

THAT'S CALLED "GOOD DATA."

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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