• bstix@feddit.dk
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    7 months ago

    Statistically 1 in 4 billion people will die of Boing whistleblower disease.

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      7 months ago

      Well, assuming that the cases we know of are the only cases

    • That’s the big picture. The small picture is at 100% of Boeing whistleblowers this year only continued living for a few months after blowing their whistles. (Disclaimer: no facts were checked in the writing of this comment.)

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    7 months ago

    It’s crazy that we live in a time where a huge corporation can quite literally call hits on whistleblowers with impunity.

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    7 months ago

    I have a feeling that this data only represents the two boeing whistleblowers that died recently and not all of them, but I can’t be certain as OP has not cited where they got this data

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    7 months ago

    And here I was thinking that whistleblowing was supposed to about blowing the whistle, not about whistling and afterwards blowing.

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        7 months ago

        I meant statistically significant. Like in “how much chance is there that this difference was due to randomness ?”. There is statistcal tests for that.

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          Afaik, there are only two dead Boeing whistle blowers, so you can’t form any sort of actually meaningful statistics on their life expectancy due to the small sample size. However it’s enough to say “that looks very suspicious and I think these ‘suicides’ should be investigated as murders”, and I think the meme is just meant to draw attention to that.

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          7 months ago

          Seriously !? Why is it so weird that I make a statistical joke on a meme that makes fun of statistics XD

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            7 months ago

            Didn’t see this till I posted the other reply. I’d say your first one looks enough like a joke, but the second followup makes it look like you’re serious.

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          7 months ago

          I mean, since the sample size is rather small, it’s not really possible to do a reliable statistical analysis on Boeing whistleblowers,.

          As a straight percentage, however, they DO suddenly die in their early 40s much more often than the general population, so might not be total happenstance 🤷