Exciting times. Just had a #Reform letter, purporting to be from one N. Farage (though he is not AFAIK standing in #Scotland). They appear to be standing on a platform of i) #transphobia, ii) #innumeracy.
The kids desperate to burn it. I prevailed upon them to wait until I returned from canvassing, so we could do it as a "normal working family" activity.
My wife was keen to shred it and put it in the cat tray. We compromised by burning it, mixing it with cat litter and returning it to them.
The Atlantic takes a broader view of college freshman innumeracy that was highlighted by the recent UC San Diego report (gift link):
If you have $1,000, pay $1.
If you have $1,000,000. pay $1,000.
If you have $1,000,000,000, pay $1,000,000.
It isn't hard to count zeroes, people.
Big numbers aren't scary.
Your lack of understanding them, is. 😱
I, for one, am looking forward to the mad income I will soon be receiving from big pharma! #Innumeracy, FTW!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2025/08/02/trump-says-he-will-get-drug-prices-down-by-1500/
Patient zero may have been this #Reuters piece by #MaggieFick
The URL suggests the title was altered afterwards.
Some media echoed the falsehood mentioning it came via Reuters; #TheGuardian only says "agencies"; #DemocracyNow omits the (probable) intermediary altogether.
#OuestFrance "with #AFP" mixes right and wrong numbers.
#TheGuardian is knowingly keeping this falsehood online. ☝️
#Gaza #FactChecking #Innumeracy #DisInformation #FakeNews #Hasbara #journalisticMalpractice
Journalistic innumeracy or conscious spinning?
1. A Lancet study estimates the death toll by traumatic injuries in Gaza at 170% the official numbers.
2. The Guardian titles… "40% higher", and then jumps, before reaching a third of the article, to the reaction of some Israeli official.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02678-3/fulltext
Someone should have used Julia with Unitful.jl
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