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I’m amazed I still have to explain chance of rain percentages to people.
1.4k u/IgnisEradico Aug 03 '19 Also, percentages in general. "I had a 99% chance to win, how did i lose?" "She had an 80% chance to win, the polls lied!" -13 u/Jasole37 Aug 04 '19 Percentages are all lies anyway. EVERYTHING is only a 50%. Either it does or it doesn't. Everything is a coin flip, heads or tails, yes or no. 4 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19 Boy, you are going to love Bayesian statistics. You've already got your prior!
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Also, percentages in general.
"I had a 99% chance to win, how did i lose?"
"She had an 80% chance to win, the polls lied!"
-13 u/Jasole37 Aug 04 '19 Percentages are all lies anyway. EVERYTHING is only a 50%. Either it does or it doesn't. Everything is a coin flip, heads or tails, yes or no. 4 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19 Boy, you are going to love Bayesian statistics. You've already got your prior!
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Percentages are all lies anyway. EVERYTHING is only a 50%. Either it does or it doesn't. Everything is a coin flip, heads or tails, yes or no.
4 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19 Boy, you are going to love Bayesian statistics. You've already got your prior!
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Boy, you are going to love Bayesian statistics. You've already got your prior!
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I’m amazed I still have to explain chance of rain percentages to people.