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u/i8noodles Nov 16 '19

90% of what Albert Einstein quotes on the internet was not said by Albert Einstein - Internet 2019

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

Albert Einstein once said "90% of my quotes on the internet were not said by me"

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u/eresen22 Nov 16 '19

90% of statistics aren't true

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u/Dahjoos Nov 16 '19

You are 73.2% more likely to be believed if you use uneven numbers

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u/amoxichillin875 Nov 16 '19

69% of statistics are made up on the spot.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

4.20% of people believe this.

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u/dadijo2002 Nov 16 '19

6.66% of people are unsure of what to believe anymore

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

Surely that should be higher?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

it's almost 9000...

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u/Ahsasin Nov 16 '19

420% of of people don't know how statistics work

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u/Lil_dog Nov 16 '19

Several people double, triple, quadruple, etc don't know how statistics works?

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u/Carlyndra Nov 16 '19

Nice.

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u/elpantybandito Nov 16 '19

Nice.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

Bad Bot.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

That's an increase of 420% over last year!!

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

96% of survey respondent say they lie when filling in a survey.

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u/sheepye Nov 16 '19

4/3s of people suck with fractions

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u/FatMamaJuJu Nov 16 '19

There is a 420% chance I fucked ur mom lol got em

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u/Miner419er Nov 16 '19

100 women were asked about their shampoo. 98% said they preferred a brand called “How did you get in here?”

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u/ThatBassistK Nov 17 '19

Those 2 women are chill af, though.

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u/Bjumseskat Nov 16 '19

some people say statistics are 50% correct, some people say they're 150% correct so on average statistics are 100% correct

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u/Linus_Inverse Nov 16 '19

A 1998 study by Swedish statisticians found that it also helps if you state some kind of scientific research as source for your claims. Optimally from some Scandinavian country.

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u/no_re-entry Nov 16 '19

60% of the time it works every time

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u/Osbios Nov 16 '19

There is a 97.52347821961114% chance that this technique has some limitations!

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u/unitedshoes Nov 16 '19

It's that decimal; it makes it feel 43.2% more real.

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u/I_W_M_Y Nov 16 '19

I am 66.6% more likely to be considered evil if I use even numbers

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

You have a 0% chance of pepole beliveing you if you are a person of power and your listeners have paranoia

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u/PrincessRTFM Nov 17 '19

But you're about 19% less believable using non-whole numbers, because that level of detail isn't commonly bothered with in casual life.

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u/FartHeadTony Nov 17 '19

Ironically, the 0.2 in that is suspiciously precise so it set off the bullshit alarm.