the-pi-guy said:
They don't matter in any kind of broader sense. If you think that is some kind of gotcha, then I think you had a very poor scientific/mathematic education; because this is basic stuff. There's a reason why studies get repeated. There's a reason why studies require large sample sizes. There's a reason why people often do double blind studies. There's a reason why randomness is important for polling. There's a million different things that get done to remove errors and different biases. Random one-off incidents that have 100 different possible causes, are not even worth talking about without more information. It's legitimately terrifying to me that neither of you two seem to understand how difficult it is to get to the truth of different matters. |
Locked: Attempted assassination on Trump
pg4 (10 per) is a doozy. More than a few gems in that thread.
Terrifying 
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