That’s Not How You Add Percentages
Writing an intriguing post that will get people to click on a link to the source material is no easy feat, trust me. One way to do it is to bring up statistics and dive into the information. Specifically, if it has to do with health. However, this guy’s attitude makes his comment come across as even more ignorant.
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I’m sure in his mind, this makes perfect sense, but I think it’s safe to say he never took a statistics class. If 31% of men and 65% of women wash their hands after the bathroom, it certainly doesn’t mean that 96% of the population does. You can’t add up percentages like that. I’m sure he eventually realized he made an embarrassing mistake.