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[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 79 points 9 months ago

6 in 10 Americans believe any old nonsense as long as you present it with confidence.

[-] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago

73% of numerical statistics go unverified

[-] backhdlp@iusearchlinux.fyi 28 points 9 months ago

If you put a decimal in your statistic, it becomes 82.6% more believable.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

71.2% of all statistics are made-up on the spot.

[-] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

"You can pretty much come up with whatever quote you want and pretend someone famous said it. Nobody checks anyway."

-Sun Tzu

[-] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

"This guy is speaking straight facts"

[-] AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I don't believe you because the end of your sentence wasn't emphatic enough. Period. Mic drop.

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