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by mcguire 3896 days ago
"Like, in Munich if you search a black dude with his friends, chances are high that he's got pot on him."

Chances are high that a black dude has pot on him, or chances are high that a dude with pot on him is black? Those are actually two different things.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_positive_paradox