• Hegar
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      7 months ago

      It’s the same reason that an increase from a 0.0001% chance of something happening to a 0.0002% chance is a 100% increased chance of the thing happening.

      More relevantly, 0.0003477% is ~ 15% bigger a number than 0.0003000%. The overall numbers are still low, but the increase is significant.

        • paraphrand
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          27 months ago

          Stats can be very unintuitive. You’re not alone.

          • @rekorse
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            37 months ago

            I remember reading over some logic - statistics “puzzles”, where the logic is sound if you follow step by step on paper, but for some reason your mind just has trouble grasping the concept which leads to confusion.