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Arrow's theorem is often glossed as "there is no good voting system".

Press' paper Strong profiling is not mathematically optimal for discovering rare malfeasors has been misinterpreted by the popular press as a mathematical endorsement of certain politics, though that's perhaps due in part to the intentional framing of the problem by Press.

Goedel's theorem is misapplied arguably more than it is used properly.