> I did however learn enough to know that statistics can tell you absolutely anything you want them to say.
When told to a statistically illiterate person who isn't aware of Simpson's paradox and so on?
Being aware of Simpsons' paradox doesn't even help. There's no way of knowing what the right level of aggregation is without a theory.
> When told to a statistically illiterate person?
Which is a rounding error from 100% according to the GP.