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More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understanding (www.psu.edu)
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[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

The odds of winning most lotteries vastly exceed getting hit by lightning more than once.

The Fermi paradox and alien sightings is entirely explained by the inability of the human mind to understand one light year.

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