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by robrorcroptrer 1594 days ago
Sorry I genuinely do not understand what this means. Could it be explained in some other wording?
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npinsker 1594 days ago
This means that expressing changes in a tiny value relative to its baseline (e.g. "3x as likely") sounds more impactful than expressing the same changes in absolute terms (e.g. "from 0.01% to 0.03%").
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mvcalder 1594 days ago
I bought one lottery ticket. Then I went back and bought two more, now I have 3-times the chance to win $100 million!
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