Factual fail if there ever was one.
That's like me saying there's 1440 minutes in a day, so on average cats are black.
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Factual fail if there ever was one.
That's like me saying there's 1440 minutes in a day, so on average cats are black.
Im going for a walk.
I think that's for the best.
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kindly point out the flaw
It's wrong.
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How would the average life expectancy have any relationship to the number of runners in the race to led you to the conclusion that as life expectancy is a smaller number that a number of participants running that race would on average die. The two facts just arent related...
I stand by my original statement - please keep away from sharp objects and red buttons
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Lol, I was mearly pointing out that it is statistically likely that one in 35,000 people will die on a given day, therefore on an occasion of high stress it is hardly strange that somebody has unfortunately died. You cannot state that two facts are unrelated when it compares the number of people and the life expectancy per person. Possibly you should avoid the sharp objects
kindly point out the flaw
If the fact you used was "One in 30,000 people die per day" then it would work, although as you say it doesn't really work because sporting events don't have an even demographic.
Lol, I was mearly pointing out that it is statistically likely that one in 35,000 people will die on a given day, therefore on an occasion of high stress it is hardly strange that somebody has unfortunately died. You cannot state that two facts are unrelated when it compares the number of people and the life expectancy per person. Possibly you should avoid the sharp objects
Well lets say there's 35,000 children, how does that work into your statistic bearing in mind they're all under 5500 days old...
Stop talking rubbish.
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Note to self: Make sure to count crowds on way from work, if there are more than 30k, you may die because of this. Someone really needs to inform the London Olympics - its gonna be a massacre!!!!
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That is badly flawed, this situation does not influence your chances of dying.
How is the average age a person lives to related to a number of a group of people?!
You're comparing apples and oranges.
Why use days? Why not, minutes, seconds or hours?
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As I stated Pike, I assumed an even demographic for simplicity but the principle was clear. Statistically it is not shocking that one in 35,000 people died on a given day.
I cant believe what people post on here sometimes
Don't worry, we haven't forgotten how inane your post is
I blame the OPI cant believe what people post on here sometimes
, but it does make me wonder if horses cry when people in the London Marathon die GD: Proving every 1440 minutes that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing
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Those two statistics are not comparable at all, it's crazy to assume that they can be interlinked to come up with some kind of conclusion.