• grue@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    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%.”

    • Blaze@reddthat.comOP
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      4 months ago

      “The place most people die is in their bed. Beds are thus the most dangerous place in the world”