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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I did do the math on it and the second guy only had a 1 in 3630 chance of dying of natural causes in that time window.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/comment/9809397

I admit I am not a stats guy. Please tell me what I did wrong in my math. Totally open to being corrected here.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Ok can you give me an actual number?

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I felt no need to respond because you twice didn't answer the question I asked.

What are the odds that a 45 year old would die in a 75 day time period?

Just a simple number and how you got it. This is the third time I have asked.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

~~We do ourselves no favors by sounding like conspiracy nutjobs who are uninterested in facts. When they go low, we should retain the high road, imho.~~

Edit: this... basically means tangentially what I had intended to say, so it is better off to be deleted, though I will leave it as strikethrough for the historical record (I really hate all those "deleted" messages, and don't want to contribute one of my own too!).

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah yeah I suck, get in line and take a number. Now, will attacking me bring those two murdered men back to life?

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I apologize for my wording - I agree with you that I was out of line. There was some point I was trying to make, about the need to be cautious with our wording, but somehow I ended up doing the exact thing I was trying to warn about, didn't I? Fwiw I don't actually think that you suck at all - I was just really, Really, REALLY bad at expressing myself there.:-) Thank you for not returning the favor in like manner.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 points 6 months ago