Comments on: Statistical Fail

By: Myself

Myself — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:13:41 +0000

dude you fail hard. the statement is absolutely true. there IS a 50% chance that something might happen. there is also a 50% chance that nothing happens. So out of 10 times it is possible that 10 times something happens or 10 times nothing happens . all combinations are possible. AND somebody who actually took the time to make a statistic about it found out, that 9 times out of 10 something actually happens. Take this example: the chance of you getting laid a day is 50/50, out of 10 days 9 days nothing WILL happen. doesn’t say it couldn’t happen. but statistically speaking (if someone would actually bother to study your sexlife) chances are high nothing will happen. The possibility that something could/n’t happen has nothing to do with the possibility how often it could/n’t happen -> two completely different things. hope that clears stuff up for you.

By: [:

[: — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:25:54 +0000

Whatt? Hahaha, how did people start talkin about poop & stuff?

By: Neinna

Neinna — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:08:48 +0000

84.342.7% of statistics are made up on the spot. OH WAIT—

*Fwoom*

By: scott jago

scott jago — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:18:04 +0000

LOL!

By: scott jago

scott jago — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:16:43 +0000

OH OH OH OH OH!!! i love DND.. especially ADND.. chainmail was ok.. but i like the combo of gygax and the other guy.. (i forget who) with the single person being a player.. nad… yea.. im done.. my brain just sploded.

By: scott jago

scott jago — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:51:03 +0000

in soviet russia.. you dont play with yourself in public.. public plays with themselves inside you.. LOL!!

By: scott jago

scott jago — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:45:10 +0000

LOL!! im glad imma guy.. id kill somone.. if i was a female gamer.. ps. DND 4th.. = fail..

By: scott jago

scott jago — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:43:46 +0000

i appear from nowhere. and aid you in the slaying of orcs.. with my.. +4 greatsword of sexuality change.. (good thing orcs only like orcs) GAY ORC ORGIE.. as i run away in fright..

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:13:14 +0000

What do you mean ‘you people’?

By: mikeyb

mikeyb — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:06:35 +0000

*handface*

By: Jacob Pritchett

Jacob Pritchett — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:24:08 +0000

I hate fails that make me think…

By: jason

jason — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:05:31 +0000

Strictly speaking, this is totally possible.

The first figure has to do with a single-instance-probability. Basically, any time you play with fire, you either will get burnt or you will not get burnt.

the second figure has to do with the recording of single instances..

Think about it this way…even though you have a 50/50 chance of flipping heads on a coin, its still possible to hit heads 9 times in a row.

By: Howie13

Howie13 — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:33:36 +0000

This sounds like a saying I used and heard a lot in the navy, 50/50 90. It means given a fifty fifty choice the wrong choice will be made 90% of the time

By: Fang

Fang — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:05:01 +0000

Um, no, win. Not in a news article, perhaps; that’s a bit weird, but this is quite a common sentiment to refer to the fact that a lot of statistics don’t work out the way you would expect them to.

Another one is “million to one chances occur 9 times out of 10″

By: RaNDM G

RaNDM G — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:53:05 +0000

It’s good to know there’s at least 1 in every 6,789,906,834 people on this planet who actually cares about statistics.

By: C2k

C2k — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:08:27 +0000

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize they completely contradict themselves. First they say a 50% chance, then they say 9/10, or for those 4 out of 3 ppl bad with fractions, is 90%. And those of us who passed pre algebra know that 50% does not equal 90%. This fails 10 times out of 9. Its a fail and a half.

By: C2k

C2k — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:02:08 +0000

60% of the time, it works every time.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:07:29 +0000

You people confuse me…

By: gdot

gdot — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:18:56 +0000

hahah good, i am not going crazy thinking its right.

By: Just_spiffy

Just_spiffy — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:43:48 +0000

Well, you know what they say. Every 4 out of 3 people have trouble with fractions…

By: Me

Me — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:05:04 +0000

Mhmm, ok. Sure.

I bet you’re so smart.

By: Mattie

Mattie — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:04:03 +0000

Actually, that’s not necessarily wrong. There are 2 possible outcomes when “playing with fire” – something goes wrong or it doesn’t… aka a 50/50 chance of something going wrong.
The next thing he is saying is that in actuality 9 out of 10 times it actually does go wrong.

Just like saying if you flip a coin there’s a 50/50 chance of getting heads, but then when you actually put that to the test its possible that 9 times out of 10 you get heads.

By: Caghs

Caghs — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:54:40 +0000

Okies, I was wondering about that. I’m mathematically challenged, so I wondered whether it was just my lack of understanding, but if I flip a coin, it has a 50/50 chance of coming up heads.

I flip that coin ten times, it could come up tails once, and heads the rest.

Therefore, it had a 50/50 chance of coming up heads, and nine times out of ten it did!

I feel better now that I know it’s not just me

By: Gladiator763

Gladiator763 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:06:31 +0000

The only way you can get pregnant on abstinence is artificial insemination. If you screw before “I do”, then you run that risk.

By: Gladiator763

Gladiator763 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:04:48 +0000

Thank you for being the voice of reason, Bah.

By: Gladiator763

Gladiator763 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:01:38 +0000

WND is a WIN, but these stats are still a FAIL.

By: Gladiator763

Gladiator763 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:00:54 +0000

Heya, Boo-Boo? Are there people here with better pic-a-nic baskets than Yogi Berra?

By: KR

KR — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:56:47 +0000

Actually, I do understand. You do not.

By: Me

Me — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:43:37 +0000

If you actually were not completely moronic, you’d understand.

By: earthlingmike

earthlingmike — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:04:32 +0000

Like how with abstinence, there is a zero chance of getting pregnant, but that doesn’t always work.

By: earthlingmike

earthlingmike — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:01:04 +0000

More likely private Christian school.

By: Snow_Crash

Snow_Crash — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:43:06 +0000

Scientists have determined that million to one chances happen nine times out of ten.

By: technicolor

technicolor — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:15:53 +0000

*Feels unwanted*
*Cries a bit*
What’s that smell?

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:01:40 +0000

Dude everyone knows chicks don’t fart, poop, or burp.

By: KR

KR — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:48:34 +0000

Why is that? Someone who has written or read an article on abstinence can’t get knocked up?

And were there two knocked up? I see a plural.

By: KR

KR — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:46:59 +0000

Yes, I’m sure the person who wrote the above article was also responsible for that. Makes sense.

By: KR

KR — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:43:19 +0000

If you actually understand English, you would understand that it is still a fail.

By: KR

KR — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:41:13 +0000

Actually, you are stupid. It is true that you could win the lottery 9 times out of ten, at a 50/50 chance. However, that is not analogous to what she said. The 9/10 is not based on any data, not based on a specific 10 attempts, it is a generalization. She generalizes that something bad DOES happen 9/10 times, not that she tried it and it DID happen 9/10 times. Therefore, she posits both a 50% chance and then a 90% chance in the same sentence. Therefore, fail.

To use your analogy more accurately, it’s as if she said that there is a lottery with a 50/50 chance, and everyone who plays always wins the lottery 9 times out of 10.

By: qbert

qbert — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:25:07 +0000

Thousand to one chances happen nine out of ten times!

By: KR

KR — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:12:20 +0000

But that’s not what it says. Saying there are two outcomes is not the same as a 50/50 chance. Attempting to explain a statistics understanding fail fail.

By: TP Fan

TP Fan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:52:18 +0000

Not a fail, this is totally true

By: The Mysterious Mr. Rius

The Mysterious Mr. Rius — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:53:20 +0000

That was my first thought too. But many people don’t understand that… and some of them vote.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:35:20 +0000

Bwhahahahahahaha!

By: jdkchem

jdkchem — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:32:50 +0000

Sounds more like something Yogi Berra would have said. On the other hand there is nothing technically wrong with the statement if you actually understand probability and statistics.

By: Gorgon Medusa

Gorgon Medusa — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:48:20 +0000

Your mother, she’s an heiress
Owns a block in St John’s Wood.

By: olo

olo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:56:35 +0000

Is it a paradox?

By: Me

Me — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:48:25 +0000

You realize this is in correspondence with Murphy’s law, right?

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, etc., etc.

By: killyou420

killyou420 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:45:08 +0000

Dont you love when people completly make up figures to prove their point? im not even going to touch on her horrible math skills

By: reminisent loser

reminisent loser — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:53:24 +0000

Im pretty sure its .02 dollars.

By: Bwggy

Bwggy — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:40:19 +0000

Sixty percent of the time it works every time