Comment on Cathy, do the math.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 week agoBut my point is, why does that "all or nothing " standard apply to statistics, but not to news channels, newspapers, internet articles, etc.
Comment on Cathy, do the math.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 week agoBut my point is, why does that "all or nothing " standard apply to statistics, but not to news channels, newspapers, internet articles, etc.
cynar@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Because statistics is a relative unknown to many people. Until people have a good grounding in statistics then they often have to rely on an appeal to authority.