Re:Why men on earth outnumber women by 60M
by refurb on Thursday June 11, 2015 @03:26PM
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Whenever I see an article swap units mid-sentence it automatically makes me think they are doing it to bolster their argument because if they kept the same units, it wouldn't actually show what they wanted it to.
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Re:Why men on earth outnumber women by 60M
by davidbauer on Thursday June 11, 2015 @03:31PM
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Yep, that's often true. Still think it's fair in this case, for the reasons explained above. 60 million are A LOT of people.
It's an unnecessary blemish on an otherwise excellent article, imo. Could instead mention percentages before and after, then stress the absolute number to get across the 60M figure.
Re:Why men on earth outnumber women by 60M
by davidbauer on Thursday June 11, 2015 @03:55PM
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Ok, point taken.
I'm not ripping on you at all, it's an interesting article. Just wanted to provide some feedback. I'm a scientist by training and was taught early on the tricks that many papers use to make something seem big when it really isn't.