tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post113791481425458210..comments2023-10-29T10:32:36.914-04:00Comments on Philosophy, et cetera: Misleading statistics: second-order ratiosRichard Y Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1137974698126979022006-01-22T19:04:00.000-05:002006-01-22T19:04:00.000-05:00Derek, yeah, I thought of the type/token thing jus...Derek, yeah, I thought of the type/token thing just after posting, which would at least make the ad less gratuitously incomprehensible. Though still unfortunately misleading, I think.<BR/><BR/>And yes, there are many worse (ab)uses of statistics around. Still, that's no reason for me to not complain about this one ;-)Richard Y Chappellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1137971761015689372006-01-22T18:16:00.000-05:002006-01-22T18:16:00.000-05:00Obviously, there are stupid extraterrestrial life ...Obviously, there are stupid extraterrestrial life forms that the US government knows about even though these aliens have not contacted us, and the government is doing a bad job of hiding these facts from the public, as nearly one in five Americans is already aware of the truth. Many ufologists are half-aware that a substantial portion of the majority of skeptics can still grasp about 40% of some aspects of the truth about a few of our alien visitors, if they'd just pay attention to the signs.Blarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654557196171228300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1137953607186515762006-01-22T13:13:00.000-05:002006-01-22T13:13:00.000-05:00oh yeah - and I understand vitamin C decays with t...oh yeah - and I understand vitamin C decays with time in sunlight....Geniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624496692217466430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1137953447956622192006-01-22T13:10:00.000-05:002006-01-22T13:10:00.000-05:00You are not supposed to be misleading to an averag...You are not supposed to be misleading to an average person. You can't hide behind "well i was technically correct" in a "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" sort of a way.<BR/><BR/>But we dont even enforce the laws (but I think we should) against lies (/totally unsubstantiated facts) usually so it is a little academic. <BR/><BR/>Anyway - I wonder about "blackcurrents have 4 times the vitamin C of oranges"<BR/>A) they are tiny obviously that would be impossible<BR/>B) if the juice has more per volume then they should say that AND that is irelevant because they water it down in their drinks and orange juice may or may not be watered down.<BR/><BR/>I guess what protects them is that average people dont trust advertising anymore.Geniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624496692217466430noreply@blogger.com