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@_NachoSantana @Demogenic @DanDanG1224 @Zetvue @DaCroissantt @RBPro3 @Omni_Bruh @tragicbirdapp I actually quite like the "sqrt() and √ are different functions" explanation

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Area Man Finds Fatal Conceptual Flaw, Invalidates Entire Field of Statistics

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@DarthAlide I'm sad, although (remembeing my own high school days) not surprised to hear that

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lol

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Multiplication is hard, but it's the word "passive" that I object to here the most

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another one from the "bayesians with zero priors" files

also nice

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Arguably, being a Bayesian with absolutely zero priors isn't a _math_ problem, per se, but...

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This is about the level I'd expect from someone called "bitcoin king"

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hmm

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@ClarqueAllen @SM4Tech I'm familiar with his posts from other contexts, so I'm inclined to believe him in this particular case when he says he's joking, but I do see a lot of "this was a joke"-posting and it usually isn't

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oh hey, this is back

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"21.3 billion / 25 million dollars" is $852. It's also the exact query I put into @Wolfram_Alpha because at this point I don't even trust my own ability to divide numbers bigger than, like, 12

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$4/$1000 is clearly 4‰

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@HawkInATX He mentions a source a bit downthread

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they're always so sure

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This discussion about the fuel costs of owning a low MPG car had me rolling

[Charlotte Wilder @TheWilderThings]

This is — and I can’t stress this enough — the greatest segment to come from a sports broadcast that I have ever seen in my entire life https://t.co/H8sBOZzbhX

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come for the poor understanding of charts, stay for the delightful-sounding English insults

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lmao

https://t.co/qt0gBGdUNS

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that's... not a good way of comparing risks

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Man, my 30s hit way sooner than I was expecting

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"no one is that stupid"

...wanna bet?