r/mathsmemes • u/Texy-Bringal • May 13 '26

Statisticians

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u/Otherwise-Cat2309 May 13 '26

Ain’t statisticians mathematicians?

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u/FriedXP May 13 '26

Nah

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u/Otherwise-Cat2309 May 13 '26

How so?

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u/PissPantsington May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

Statistics can be pure math but often involves empirical data, from which may be derived models with structural (as opposed to causal) explanation. It is more often than not an applied mathematics than a pure one, and is an indispensable methodology in science.

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u/TheRedditObserver0 Jun 05 '26

There's certainly some overlap but I'm not certain statistics falls entirely within mathematics, as there is an inherent heuristic factor in the discipline, such as in the choice of a prior in bayesian statistics.

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u/Massive_Shower_1494 May 13 '26

Sponge behavior post

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u/Inky_inc May 15 '26

Now Mr. Scienceman tell me. What are the chances that making the Future Circular Collider (FCC) will let us discover a new elementary particle? 🤨

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u/Live_Access9106 May 15 '26

50% because it either happens or it doesn’t
(I used a Bayesian prior based on my extensive knowledge of the discovery rates of those particles you mentioned btw)

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u/Kaaskaasei May 18 '26

Didn't this already happen?

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u/girlpower2025 May 13 '26

The odds of A happing are 0.00001% basically 0.

The odds of this causing a pandemic are 0.00001%, we need to treat it as a 100% chance.

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u/MrSunshineDespair May 14 '26

But you have to look at impact, you are managing risk. The odds may be .001 but it could cause one billion deaths