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[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Texas has had 4,140,000 cases of COVID-19 resulting in 68,075 deaths.

So far.

For comparison 2,996 people died in the September 11 attacks of 2001, which resulted in significant losses of freedom, a lot more substantial than putting on a mask when you go out.

(You still have to put on pants when you go out. No one seems to be complaining about that).

[–]monkeymagic 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

you simply DO NOT understand the art form known as “statistics”, nor do you understand how easily they are manipulated to make them say whatever you want them to say.

statistics are not data. these are completely different forms of expression. one is unarguable fact, the other is a vehicle of personal politics.

also, if you honestly believe that the average american had more freedoms compromised because of 9/11 than this 20 odd month shit show, i’d really like to move to where you live……which i’m assuming is texas lol. maybe florida.

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

you simply DO NOT understand the art form known as “statistics”, nor do you understand how easily they are manipulated to make them say whatever you want them to says.

I have a degree in mathematics and my job often involves statistical analysis.

So assume I can understand the jargon: What specifically is a better statistical analysis of the data?

statistics are not data. these are completely different forms of expression. one is unarguable fact, the other is a vehicle of personal politics.

Hmm. Which do you claim is which? Are you suggesting raw data is "unarguable fact" independent of how it is collected? Or that it is a vehicle of personal politics because it can be biased by the methods of collection?

[–]humancorpse 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

You got a degree in math? Ok, figure this one out..

Four frogs sitting on a log and one decides to jump off how many frogs are still on the log?

See? You dont know shit diddly about no statistics..

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yep. Discrete Mathematics. Says on the degree.

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

1+1=1

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There's mathematical structures where that is true. Not very interesting if by 1 you mean the multiplicative identity, and by "+" you mean a binary operation over which multiplication is distributive. Which is the normal meaning in group theory.

I can't think of one that has more than the one element.

But while this journey down discrete mathematics memory lane is fun, this has nothing to do with statistics.

[–]humancorpse 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

People are math wizards until they try to play the forex.