Cherry Picking At The Tree Of Knowledge
Sunday, March 7, 2010 - 09:49
in Mathematics & Economics
Cherry Picking At The Tree Of KnowledgeThe fruit of the cherry is easily spoiled: rough handling, bird pecks, insect bites, mold - all can render the cherry unappealing or inedible. The cherry picker is trained to pick only the best cherries: the ones that will appeal most to consumers. Fruit pickers, tree surgeons and others often use a hydraulic lift to reach into high work areas. These lifts can let the operator reach exactly the right spot - exactly the right cherry, in a manner of speaking. By extension, the machine is called a cherry-picker. By analogy, anyone who selects only the data that appeals to them and supports their personal view or theory is called a cherry picker. read more