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Think Twice

Think with Pinker

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Is Probability a Component of Innumeracy?

People don't understand probabilities very well, and they misuse them. Should we be blaming patients for their enumeracy? Or should we be blaming the people who design labels on pill bottles for not taking people's enumeraucy into account? And should we have a more enumerate friendly society, where our instruction s on medication, our explanation of credit car debt, our explanations of investment vehicles, anticipates people's in new mercy?, he asks.

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