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[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Is this just trying to say 'propaganda' (latin participle for "things that should be disseminated") with fancier words?

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Leftists of the world, get together and make some more f***ng propaganda memes already

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Therefore, may I say, the free exchange of ideas poses a threat to the US financial system. May I add "It always was".

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Isn't it already like that with tractors and some phones?

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The illustration neglects to show how the mass incarceration and death row system will be set up and function in order for death penalty to be inflicted on those littering. Of course it does, it wouldn't be as pretty otherwise.

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I could not care any less for Vausch but since some beg to add political connotation to this because he is leftish, please take your time to visit some old anti-nazi subreddits. You will find some very long lists of right wingers convicted of assaults against women and children, so there is that.

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I really did not mean to be insulting. I am just saying chart makers can choose to make a zoom in, and it is not automatically propaganda or something. All this has led people astray of the real issues, like WTF is measuring 'happiness' on a 1-10 scale, and what are the metric properties of this 1-10 scale. Then there are all the sampling issues and what have you. I just expected more people discussing this stuff rather than the Y-axis.

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Oh sport, and I thought I was the one beating on a dead horse here. I understand why people claim to take issue with the Y-axis range. I am just saying chart makers can zoom in to make a point, and it is not automatically misleading. That is all. Anyway, thanks for writing this. Looks like a lot of effort, and some of it will make sense in my stats coursework, thanks!

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago

This is indeed misleading. It has no numerical figures, and it wastes loads of ink and screen space. The other one is better structured as a chart. I a sorry you spent your time to demonstrate something we all know, but may be Excel has good reasons that cuts off the axis at 6.

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Although there is a common tip in critical thinking classes that manipulating the Y-axis range can lead to misleading presentation of a difference, I believe in this particular graph, which clearly provides numbers to compare, you can't say it is misleading.

People can read and compare the values and draw their own conclusions. And I am saying that without any consideration of the distros discussed, since I am impartial to distros, I like all distros I have tried.

This "study" almost certainly must have way deeper assumptions- and metrics- related problems to start with, so even finding myself having this argument is preposterous. But I am just pointing out the misapplication of critical thinking guideline, and this is a valid point which I insist everyone who relies on to consider, if you care about critical thinking at all.

No one said you are doing layman statistics, the pasted comment is from another discussion, provided here for context, and for very good reasons. It aligns with obvious misconceptions about statistics that should be pointed out. Probability and statistics are thorny subjects that nonetheless are inevitable in order to understand the world surrounding us, material, social, and economic, so yes I will nitpick here and call out the misapplication of canned critical thinking thought-terminating cliches.

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This sounds valid. I wonder how many Scandinavians switched to Linux because of Windows 11.

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Fair. You know these figures right out from the graph don't you?

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