Blaze@reddthat.com to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 days agoAll humans who have ever livedinfosec.pubimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down17
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·6 days agoMy favorite example of how to lie with statistics: “Of the 117 billion people who have ever lived, 8 billion of them are still alive. Therefore, the chance of dying is not 100% but rather only 93%.”
minus-squareBlaze@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·6 days ago“The place most people die is in their bed. Beds are thus the most dangerous place in the world”
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoI have never died, therefore all previous data points show I can’t die. Good science!
My favorite example of how to lie with statistics:
“Of the 117 billion people who have ever lived, 8 billion of them are still alive. Therefore, the chance of dying is not 100% but rather only 93%.”
“The place most people die is in their bed. Beds are thus the most dangerous place in the world”
I have never died, therefore all previous data points show I can’t die. Good science!