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by sk4rekr0w 2759 days ago
You can't take an average and apply it to a specific situation.

In this context, if you believe that men are in dramatic positions of power, then you would have to find the # that shows how often powerful men are wrongly accused (vs. just the average man).

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> You can't take an average and apply it to a specific situation.

In the absence of a more focused study, it's the best we have.

Do you have an alternative study to link to?

I'm not aware of a study - but that doesn't mean you default to bad math.
I'd use "better" math if it were available. Until then, I'm going to use the best tool for the job, even if it's "bad".

To that end, I refuse to make perfect the enemy of good.

Our difference of opinion is that I think you are refusing to make bad the enemy of good
If you have better, provide it. Otherwise, "the good" is "the best we have" and "the perfect" is "what we don't have".