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John Larkin
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On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:38:45 +0000 (UTC), kensmith@green.rahul.net
(Ken Smith) wrote:
tend to be innumerate. Something in my brain just automatically
sanity-checks any numbers I see (habit developed from engineering, of
course) and I'm astounded by how much of the stuff in the press makes
no sense, orders of magnitude off from reality. I guess they don't
teach much math in journalism school.
John
(Ken Smith) wrote:
Without meaning to offend, I have noticed that more liberal peopleIn article <gij8o05ku5p90vl9g6kg1bsrqdrghlqbjm@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote:
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:02:45 +0000 (UTC), kensmith@green.rahul.net
(Ken Smith) wrote:
Just because you can find a bigger number to divide
by doesn't make 380 million tons a small number.
Thousand.
Yes, I guess I should have said "thousand". It doesn't really change the
point since someone could quote 700 billion and have a bigger number to
divide it by.
tend to be innumerate. Something in my brain just automatically
sanity-checks any numbers I see (habit developed from engineering, of
course) and I'm astounded by how much of the stuff in the press makes
no sense, orders of magnitude off from reality. I guess they don't
teach much math in journalism school.
John