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Jim__

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3. It's easy to mislead people with statistics.

Reply to reACTIONary (Original post)

Sun Jul 25, 2021, 03:35 PM

Jul 2021

Most people just repeat what they've been told and so aren't deliberately misleading people. But the person who starts the misleading rumor almost has to know that they're misrepresenting the facts.

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Vaccine doubters' strange fixation with Israel [View all] reACTIONary Jul 2021 OP

Some people need to vent - no matter what.. empedocles Jul 2021 #1

Base Rate Fallacy--among the concepts we have a horrible time conveying. hlthe2b Jul 2021 #2

It's easy to mislead people with statistics. Jim__ Jul 2021 #3

RWers have a hard time with Israel, for various reasons. LymphocyteLover Jul 2021 #4

It's complicated MurrayDelph Jul 2021 #5

The opposite is true as well. Behind the Aegis Jul 2021 #6