Understanding statistics can be a tricky thing. Also, when we hear big numbers we have a hard time connecting or visualizing what they really mean. This clip takes the mystery out of the big numbers and uses a method that we can all understand to explain how statistics can be used in politics to get us to believe action is being taken, when there virtually is none.
As soon as we understand the basic math and the amount of zeros that are being worked with, it makes it incredibly clear that we did not really understand what was being said. We heard big numbers and even bigger numbers, but they really didn’t sink in until now. Now there’s some outrage. Not only at the politicians who are doing this, but even at ourselves for not really understanding what is happening.
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