This is for you, Emily

[dreamshark]

Poppa Needs Shorts

A short short story that I remember fondly from the grand old days of Analog. Every story had to make a point in those days, and this one came with the caption,

"Given valid data, you can reach completely wrong conclusions. But given a wrong conclusion, you can still get a right answer!"

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[carbonel]

I remember that one. I always conflate it with "Shortstack," which was also by Walt and Leigh Richmond, but it's not part of that series.