Re:MIT proposes to Reinvent the 737 for 70% greater fuel eff...
by wlievens on Thursday October 07, 2010 @05:25AM
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Journalists typically don't "get" percentages, so they just throw them around and hope it's correct.
Other examples:
"Crime rate drops with 8%!" ... compared to what and when?
"Inflation now 2% higher" ... does that mean inflation went from 1% to 1.02% or to 3%?
The mere notion that you can express change of a metric (expressed as percentage), as a percentage would probably destroy the average journalist's brain.
Other examples:
"Crime rate drops with 8%!" ... compared to what and when?
"Inflation now 2% higher" ... does that mean inflation went from 1% to 1.02% or to 3%?
The mere notion that you can express change of a metric (expressed as percentage), as a percentage would probably destroy the average journalist's brain.