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[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My favorite example of how to lie with statistics:

"Of the 117 billion people who have ever lived, 8 billion of them are still alive. Therefore, the chance of dying is not 100% but rather only 93%."

The zombie apocalypse starts when the bottom chamber fills up.