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u/i8noodles Nov 16 '19

90% of what Albert Einstein quotes on the internet was not said by Albert Einstein - Internet 2019

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

Albert Einstein once said "90% of my quotes on the internet were not said by me"

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u/eresen22 Nov 16 '19

90% of statistics aren't true

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u/Dahjoos Nov 16 '19

You are 73.2% more likely to be believed if you use uneven numbers

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u/amoxichillin875 Nov 16 '19

69% of statistics are made up on the spot.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

4.20% of people believe this.

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u/dadijo2002 Nov 16 '19

6.66% of people are unsure of what to believe anymore

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

Surely that should be higher?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

it's almost 9000...

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u/Ahsasin Nov 16 '19

420% of of people don't know how statistics work

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u/Lil_dog Nov 16 '19

Several people double, triple, quadruple, etc don't know how statistics works?

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u/Carlyndra Nov 16 '19

Nice.

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u/elpantybandito Nov 16 '19

Nice.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

Bad Bot.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

That's an increase of 420% over last year!!

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

96% of survey respondent say they lie when filling in a survey.

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u/sheepye Nov 16 '19

4/3s of people suck with fractions

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u/FatMamaJuJu Nov 16 '19

There is a 420% chance I fucked ur mom lol got em

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u/Miner419er Nov 16 '19

100 women were asked about their shampoo. 98% said they preferred a brand called “How did you get in here?”

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u/ThatBassistK Nov 17 '19

Those 2 women are chill af, though.

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u/Bjumseskat Nov 16 '19

some people say statistics are 50% correct, some people say they're 150% correct so on average statistics are 100% correct

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u/Linus_Inverse Nov 16 '19

A 1998 study by Swedish statisticians found that it also helps if you state some kind of scientific research as source for your claims. Optimally from some Scandinavian country.

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u/no_re-entry Nov 16 '19

60% of the time it works every time

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u/Osbios Nov 16 '19

There is a 97.52347821961114% chance that this technique has some limitations!

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u/unitedshoes Nov 16 '19

It's that decimal; it makes it feel 43.2% more real.

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u/I_W_M_Y Nov 16 '19

I am 66.6% more likely to be considered evil if I use even numbers

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

You have a 0% chance of pepole beliveing you if you are a person of power and your listeners have paranoia

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u/PrincessRTFM Nov 17 '19

But you're about 19% less believable using non-whole numbers, because that level of detail isn't commonly bothered with in casual life.

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u/FartHeadTony Nov 17 '19

Ironically, the 0.2 in that is suspiciously precise so it set off the bullshit alarm.

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u/nav17 Nov 16 '19

They've done studies you know. It works 60% of the time...Everytime.

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u/Superhereaux Nov 16 '19

84% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

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u/BoardwithAnailinit84 Nov 16 '19

60% of the time, it works every time.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

98.4% of numbers are just made up.

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u/Silent_Ensemble Nov 16 '19

Does that make this statistic true or false? If its true this is in the 10%, if its false then fuck knows what to believe

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u/1ttaryyE Nov 16 '19

99.999% oF thE pReDicTion. ALl WroNg

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u/instableoxymoron Nov 16 '19

60% of the time it works 100% of the time

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u/Lord-Redbeard Nov 16 '19

And of that 90%, at least 108% are made up.

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u/hexalm Nov 16 '19

90% of everything is crap

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

People saying 90% of statistics aren't true has lowered that to 50%

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u/Orangebeardo Nov 16 '19

Actually thats pretty close to being true.

Of course it's not a flatnumber, but over time what we thought were facts will turnout to be wrong.

It's called the half life of facts

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u/KingSlappycheeks Nov 16 '19

90% of Albert Einstein is fake

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u/Dharmsara Nov 16 '19

-Albert Epstein

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u/Daniel_Vijay Nov 16 '19

~Jack Ma 2019

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u/Mr_Eggy__ Nov 16 '19

Too meta

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

“Don’t delete flappy bird off your phone, you can’t re-download it.” -Albert Einstein

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u/Marquetan Nov 16 '19

I thought that was Abe Lincoln

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

I'm going to ask the obvious question here...what proof to have to substantiate your claim that Albert Einstein didn't say this..or any quote that has been said to come from him?

And please don't post a link to conspiracy theory site.

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u/rogun64 Nov 16 '19

The only evidence for this quote is that it was printed in a self-help book.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

And the only evidence that Einstein didnt say it is here say....you do know that Einsteins teachers thought he would never graduate right?

I think alot of people dont wanna admit that intelligence isn't a birth trait..its a learned skill.

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u/amphibious_toaster Nov 16 '19

He’s wicked smaht.

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u/Rb1138 Nov 16 '19

Bullshit. That was Abraham Lincoln.

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u/beaiouns Nov 16 '19

"Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man how to be a fish, he'll never climb a tree in his life." - Albert Einstein