tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33634783.post7041479558712756941..comments2023-12-29T18:47:49.395+11:00Comments on benign0's blog: What the Philippines had "achieved" over the last decadebenign0http://www.blogger.com/profile/08022916216097762181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33634783.post-27824420419094060152010-11-29T22:57:31.399+11:002010-11-29T22:57:31.399+11:00Sure is. And what makes it really disturbing is th...Sure is. And what makes it really disturbing is that it really isn't by design, it's just an inability to physically count enough of the population accurately enough to make the statistical manipulation work to generate a result within an acceptable margin of error. They know this, but as a matter of policy just shrug it off. "Eh, what can we do? Not enough funds or resources. Anyway, we got the figure in the ballpark, you get the idea -- how many people are there? A lot."Ben Kritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06655896560712809421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33634783.post-64236968092447749762010-11-29T22:45:18.909+11:002010-11-29T22:45:18.909+11:00Thanks, though I'd beg to differ with 4 millio...Thanks, though I'd beg to differ with 4 million being just "a little off". Isn't understating by 4 million kind of like writing off an entire Scandinavian country?benign0https://www.blogger.com/profile/08022916216097762181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33634783.post-72767220724996586522010-11-29T22:22:57.544+11:002010-11-29T22:22:57.544+11:00Actually, you're a little off. The 18 million ...Actually, you're a little off. The 18 million bit is right, but the NSO has been short-changing the population count by about 4 million for at least the last ten years. Just something I lately found out about. The country most likely passed the 100 million mark in September.Ben Kritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06655896560712809421noreply@blogger.com