• pseudo@jlai.lu
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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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        7 months ago

        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 🤷