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Exactly. Both the media and the anti-media/anti-expert crowd both have a poor understanding of probability and confidence intervals. With the media, I think it
by jnbiche 7y ago
Exactly. Both the media and the anti-media/anti-expert crowd both have a poor understanding of probability and confidence intervals.
With the media, I think it's sometimes intentional and not ignorance, as a ploy to get clicks.
With the anti-media, anti-expert crowd, I have to believe it's usually simple ignorance.
- thelean12 7y agoMostly agree. Some media is certainly better than others. The NYT article I linked has a very responsible title (IMO) of "Worst-Case Estimates for U.S. Coronavirus Deaths". It clearly says that the estimates they're about to talk about are worst-case and estimates.
- jnbiche 7y agoTrue, I should have qualified that with "most" or "much" media. I agree there are still some responsible outlets out there.