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minus-square@VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink0•1 year ago6 in 10 Americans believe any old nonsense as long as you present it with confidence.
minus-square@BleatingZombie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•1 year ago73% of numerical statistics go unverified
minus-squareLunya \ she/itlinkfedilink0•1 year agoIf you put a decimal in your statistic, it becomes 82.6% more believable.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year ago71.2% of all statistics are made-up on the spot.
minus-square@dalekcaan@lemm.eelinkfedilink0•1 year ago“You can pretty much come up with whatever quote you want and pretend someone famous said it. Nobody checks anyway.” -Sun Tzu
minus-square@Ironfacebuster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•1 year ago“This guy is speaking straight facts” George Washington
minus-square@AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•1 year agoI don’t believe you because the end of your sentence wasn’t emphatic enough. Period. Mic drop.
6 in 10 Americans believe any old nonsense as long as you present it with confidence.
73% of numerical statistics go unverified
If you put a decimal in your statistic, it becomes 82.6% more believable.
71.2% of all statistics are made-up on the spot.
“You can pretty much come up with whatever quote you want and pretend someone famous said it. Nobody checks anyway.”
-Sun Tzu
“This guy is speaking straight facts”
I don’t believe you because the end of your sentence wasn’t emphatic enough. Period. Mic drop.