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Statistics is probably more useful than Calculus for just about everyone.
by kwertyoowiyop 5y ago
Statistics is probably more useful than Calculus for just about everyone.
- AzzieElbab 5y agoSure. “An average human has one breast and one testicle” - N.N. Taleb
- sokoloff 5y agoCorollary: If a human has two legs, they have an above-average number of legs.
- fer 5y agoAlso, most humans have more fingers than the average.
- rrobukef 5y agoAre you sure? One in 500 babies is born with an extra digit.
- mihaic 5y agoActually, with the prelevance of polydactyly (about 1 in 1000 people have 6 or more fingers), and less accidents happening, most people might have a bellow average number of fingers in the future.
- johnsillings 5y agoThere is no way in hell the incidence of polydactyly is that high Edit: jesus christ you were right
- dwighttk 5y agoConclusion: we are not in hell ?
- Swizec 5y agoThe average human has more than 1 skeleton. (because of pregnancy)
- h2odragon 5y agoand collectors
- dylan604 5y ago77% of all statistics are made up on the spot
- MeinBlutIstBlau 5y agoStatistics and my AI class taught me it's 100% predictology. I mean just look at Zillow. It's the modern "tea leaf" reading.
- davidgay 5y agoStatistics and probability are formally defined using calculus, so that doesn't really work. Maybe basic introductory statistics is more useful than basic introductory calculus though.