Guest guest Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 LOL - I love these kinds of things. It's called Jump to Cause. That means they see longevity and conclude it's diet doing it. Statistics is a form of self-delusion, no kidding. On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 01:18 PM, wrote: > Megan, > > The " Okinawan Diet " is recognized as the healthiest diet because Okinawans > have the largest percentage of elderly reaching age 100 than any other > region on the planet, and sadly, they are neither veggie nor vegan. > When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber. --Sir Winston Churchill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 No, according to my Research Methods Professor, statistics only gives you a 95% probability that something is true, that means that there is still the other 5% that they are sure of thus, the + or - 3% for marginal error. Autumn The Stewarts <stews9 wrote:LOL - I love these kinds of things. It's called Jump to Cause. That means they see longevity and conclude it's diet doing it. Statistics is a form of self-delusion, no kidding. On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 01:18 PM, wrote: > Megan, > > The " Okinawan Diet " is recognized as the healthiest diet because Okinawans > have the largest percentage of elderly reaching age 100 than any other > region on the planet, and sadly, they are neither veggie nor vegan. > When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber. --Sir Winston Churchill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 My previous post should have read the other 5% that they are not sure of. Have a great day. Autumn Autumn <ck72198 wrote: No, according to my Research Methods Professor, statistics only gives you a 95% probability that something is true, that means that there is still the other 5% that they are sure of thus, the + or - 3% for marginal error. Autumn The Stewarts wrote:LOL - I love these kinds of things. It's called Jump to Cause. That means they see longevity and conclude it's diet doing it. Statistics is a form of self-delusion, no kidding. On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 01:18 PM, wrote: > Megan, > > The " Okinawan Diet " is recognized as the healthiest diet because Okinawans > have the largest percentage of elderly reaching age 100 than any other > region on the planet, and sadly, they are neither veggie nor vegan. > When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber. --Sir Winston Churchill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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