Blaze@reddthat.com to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agoAll humans who have ever livedinfosec.pubimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up140
arrow-up140imageAll humans who have ever livedinfosec.pubBlaze@reddthat.com to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months 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-up3·4 months ago“The place most people die is in their bed. Beds are thus the most dangerous place in the world”
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months 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!