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[+] -16 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Nah, it's the perfect example of why the median is a pathetic excuse of a statistical tool that is only used by those that wish to opress minorities

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  • [+] -9 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    the median person uses 0mg of meth a day, the mean person uses about 1.7mg per day.

    medians supress minorities

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    The median is a statistical fact that can be used by humans in both good and bad ways. Lots of data can be made to look lots of different ways in the hands of different people.

    That's why teaching critical thinking (not just the skills but the importance and value) is paramount. People need to understand what they're looking at. Because sometimes you want the mean, other times you want the median, and if you can't even understand when you might want one or the other or both for different reasons then you can be led around by the nose with either.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I just assume all humans are being manipulative and
    never trust whatever it is they are saying
    can't get fooled if you assume everyone and everything is crooked
    and statistically, you'll be mostly right.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Ehhhhhhhh that's generally untrue honestly.

    Many people have the capacity. And there are enough shitty people that they will take advantage if given the opportunity.

    But most people are just trying to live their lives as best they can, and much of their selfishness can be unlearned, or isn't really selfishness anyway, just survival instinct and misinformation

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    :-D that's actually funny. Keep it up, ignore the people that don't understand satire and downvote.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    How can everyone miss the shitpost in the shitposting community. Seeing all the downvotes is so funny

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    That's because there's always someone bringing politics into casual conversations and it's tiresome. Yes the world is fucked, most of us here are well aware. Let us enjoy some escapism every now and then, maybe.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Let us enjoy some escapism every now and then, maybe.

    I'd like only escapism please,
    even escapism is political of course,
    because everything is political anyway,
    but as long as you don't look up it's fine !

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