More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understanding

Re:More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic stat... by wongarsu on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @04:15AM (#49445573)

Maybe people would have a better understanding of percentages if 20-sided dice were used more. "This has a 95% chance to succeed" -> roll a d20, anything but 1 is a success

Meanwhile 6-sided dice don't map to nice numbers, and having two dice makes the maths even harder to intuit

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Re:More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic stat... by 331c8c71 on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @11:11AM (#49450564)

I think 1/2 and 1/3 are quite nice as far as numbers go! Also 2/36 = 0.5555... is not that far from 5%

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Re:More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic stat... by wongarsu on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @11:31AM (#49450919)

But (assuming two dice rolled at the same time) 2/36 is something like "roll a five and a six" or "roll either a pair of sixes or a pair of fives". Neither of which is quite as intuitive or commonly used in game design as "using one d20, roll a natural 20"

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