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2016 Postmortem

padruig

(133 posts)

3. speaking statistically ...

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 09:13 PM

Mar 2013

the vast majority of Democrats would certainly agree that 1+1 = 2

the vast majority of Republicans would likely agree that 1+1 = 3

the vast majority of the media will present the mythos that the truth lay somewhere between the Democrats and the Republicans

this is similar to the difference between scientists and engineers

engineers see the world as three places after the decimal point

scientists see the world as one to three sigma (standard deviations)

whereas

mathematicians see 1+1 = 2

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The Atlantic - "False Equivalence in One Tweet" - Nice! [View all] TomCADem Mar 2013 OP

Excellent. nt SunSeeker Mar 2013 #1

Fair and balanced works for Pox (NT) The Wizard Mar 2013 #2

speaking statistically ... padruig Mar 2013 #3

Thank you Sheldon Cooper......... Capt.Rocky300 Mar 2013 #4

statistically speaking ... Snake Plissken Mar 2013 #6

heh heh! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2013 #10

Them numbers is A-rabic! nt OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #12

Welcome to DU, Snake wryter2000 Mar 2013 #14

I say it depends on how big 1 is. mwooldri Mar 2013 #13

VIRAL IT! Someday those pundit FAKE equivalency jerks Cha Mar 2013 #5

Yep. That about covers it. progressoid Mar 2013 #7

Republicans' 1 +1 = *tax break compromise before they'll answer... n/t Earth_First Mar 2013 #8

1+1 = *destroy social security & medicare before they'll answer, is more like it. loudsue Mar 2013 #19

Republicans would say RoccoR5955 Mar 2013 #9

Some could (and probably has) written a master's thesis on this subject. Jeff In Milwaukee Mar 2013 #11

Not for nothing, but the media is a lot closer to 1 + 1 = 3 Cosmocat Mar 2013 #15

oh please. the gnews math abilities are far worse. 2.75 at least. pansypoo53219 Mar 2013 #16

False equivalence isn't exclusive to the media. Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #17

"You can reverse them if you want..." pamela Mar 2013 #18

This GUARANTEES that the difference-splitting press will be wrong 100% of the time BlueStreak Mar 2013 #20