The Anecdotal Trap

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Across
  1. 1. The nature of truth compared to stories
  2. 3. What ticket-choosers often throw away
  3. 5. Part of the car the lovely grid tracked
  4. 11. Type of jet people fear after seeing a crash
  5. 13. A freakish case that doesn't represent the base
  6. 15. Long-term trends measured slowly by experts
  7. 16. It is slippery according to the cold skeptic
  8. 17. What the non-saver found in the ring story
  9. 19. Visual data that often makes us grumpy
  10. 22. Material of the lady's oversized check
  11. 23. The curve that represents the whole
  12. 25. If it’s red and Ugg ate it you might stay away
  13. 28. The reaction created by the average
  14. 30. Marvelous thing designed to dance and sing
  15. 32. Groups of old where stories were vital info
  16. 33. The last name of the poem's author
  17. 36. The cousin who hates Brand X cars
  18. 39. What logical thinking turns into during fear
  19. 42. Source of dry details often ignored
  20. 43. Type of fear that keeps people awake at night
  21. 45. Where the human-built rover was placed
  22. 46. The car trusted more than a safe airplane
  23. 47. What fires when you see a winner on TV
Down
  1. 2. More likely to strike you than winning the jackpot
  2. 4. The expression of the skeptic in the snow
  3. 6. Creature you might swim with while being struck
  4. 7. What stories touch unlike averages
  5. 8. The neighbor we base our worldview on
  6. 9. Describing the emotional tales we trust too much
  7. 10. What statistics show instead of the tree
  8. 12. Type of car magazines test in the streets
  9. 14. The logical error that wipes the map
  10. 18. The type of stain on Clyde's t-shirt
  11. 20. How the lady with the oversized check acted
  12. 21. Status of the phone that survived the drop
  13. 22. The person we will likely listen to anyway
  14. 24. What blew apart on Clyde's car in ninety-nine
  15. 26. The mathematical study of chance
  16. 27. A tax on the inability to do math
  17. 29. Material of the phone protectors called a scam
  18. 31. The tiny sample size that leads to errors
  19. 33. What the cranial wiring tends to dislike
  20. 34. What humans tend to adore over trends
  21. 35. Anecdotes are described as these shining things
  22. 37. What phone cases allegedly steal from users
  23. 38. Where the skeptic's narrow vision ends
  24. 40. What the "roofing guy" uses to fix shingles
  25. 41. The caveman who ate a bad berry
  26. 44. The type of loaded sky mentioned in the poem
  27. 45. Item bought at the shop along with a soda