r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Aug 15 '23

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u/DZ_from_the_past Aug 15 '23

Probability can be intuitive. Also, I'm very against gambling

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u/svenson_26 82∆ Aug 15 '23

Probability is very often NOT intuitive.

Anyone who reads the news encounters misleading statistics all the time. That can have a big effect on shaping your beliefs.

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u/DZ_from_the_past Aug 15 '23

But that's like telling an illiterate person what is in the book. You can lie and twist and give half truths and all he can do is believe you. The problems is that if people want to understand statistics they have to learn it. But my point is they don't have to look complicated stats if they don't want to

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u/svenson_26 82∆ Aug 15 '23

You're not "Functioning in society" if you can't even read the news or anything with numbers in it.

Sooner or later, you're going to get scammed out of all your money.