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Re:What do Americans die from vs. what the news report on by coldtea on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @03:19AM (#45589079)
>We can redefine this with more statistical language. The claim would then be "When the likelihood of a sample is low, the sample is likely correct." Which is nonsense.

Let's redefine it with this language:

"When statistics are used as PR, data gathering is a joke, state and police competence is cratering, and direct experience and observation tells you things are getting worse, things are getting worse".

Re:What do Americans die from vs. what the news report on by godelski on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @04:54AM (#45589759)
But you said something very different didn't you?
Re:What do Americans die from vs. what the news report on by coldtea on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @06:59AM (#45590593)
just expanded the conclusions as they could apply to the matter steel-man like as opposed to strawman-like