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[–]adungitit 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Saying that it increases them based on such a negligible uptick is pretty dishonest.

[–]SnowAssMan 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It almost doubles.

[–]adungitit 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

So does going from 0,000000001% to 0,000000002%. Saying that negligible upticks have "doubled" is one of the oldest tricks in the book when it comes to misrepresenting statistics.

[–]SnowAssMan 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Are you joking? You're the one misrepresenting it when you call it negligible.You're just looking at a number that looks small to you, instead of the difference between both numbers. Suicide rates are normally not very high. Yes, 130 out of 10'000 is nearly double 70 out of 10'000. Why do you feel manipulated by accurate descriptions?

Since 0,000000009% also looks small, does that mean suicide attempts could be 9x greater after surgery & you'd still call it too "negligible" to mention?