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#76-How mathematics can improve our lives and make us better critical thinkers-with guest John Allen Paulos

Thinking Clearly

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Putting Numbers Into Perspective

Bob Greene: People have difficulty with logic, with probability and say they're not used to interpreting statements carefully. He says people think that if something is the most likely outcome, that it's a likely outcome. This book meant so much to me that when I open it up, I see something that I wrote in 1994 about dream possibilities and live probabilities. Greene: When we actually live our lives, let's look at the probabilities of being able to do something or be able to change something in our lives.

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