Wednesday, June 17, 2020

NUMBERS ARE YOUR FRIENDS

It's not surprising that I see so many people not wearing masks. They think it won't affect them. Most infected people do not have serious enough symptoms to be inconvenienced, and few need to be hospitalized.

People still play the lottery knowing that the chances are astronomically small.

You have a greater chance of Covid 10 death than of winning the lottery.


"I’ve been briefed on every contingency you can possibly imagine. Many contingencies. A lot of a lot of positive. Different numbers. All different numbers. Very large numbers. And some small numbers too, by the way."

------Dingus McNasty( * )


Many Americans are dumber than dirt when it comes to mathematics. We rank consistently far below the other industrial countries, somewhere near Kazakhstan. Consistently ahead of Israel and Malaysia, though.




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