yeah, you see this a lot when you read about a new medical discovery in the media. yes, the risk of cancer may have doubled, but if that risk was only 0.1% to begin with...
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Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 23:43:54 JST Thorwegian ❄️
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CaveDave (engravecavedave@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 23:43:53 JST CaveDave
@thor turns out those maths lessons in school WERE important
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casey is remote (realcaseyrollins@social.freetalklive.com)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 23:43:56 JST casey is remote
@thor ...did most post people not realize that? Doesn't even seem like a math thing, but a plain English thing.
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