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[-] grue@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days 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%."

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I have never died, therefore all previous data points show I can't die. Good science!

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