The Math Myth
I think society would be a lot better if BASIC math and statistics would be better understood.<p>How many times do you see a study posted here with N=23 and people say &quot;the sample size is too small&quot; when it&#x27;s clearly not? How many people ask for a card deck change to change their luck? How many times do people read a poll like 49% +&#x2F;- 3% vs. 43% +&#x2F;- 3% and conclude the two candidates are statistically tied?<p>I could probably keep going with just examples from statistics&#x2F;probability&#x2F;combinatorics. But there are other examples of people misunderstanding math.<p>I mean I wonder how many people even understand that 0.999... = 1?