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shit_parade
4093 days ago
How many bad apples until people declare the whole batch spoiled?
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tedunangst
4093 days ago
It requires a sample of about 72 bad apples and 0 good apples to be 95% confident that at least 95% of the batch is spoiled.
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justathrow2k
4093 days ago
Well,it sounds like you've already made up your mind, so at what number did you reach the breaking point and made the decision that the entirety of our law enforcement system was spoiled?
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shit_parade
4093 days ago
When the Senate declared we torture people and the president decided not to prosecute.
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justathrow2k
4085 days ago
Well, there's your answer.
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chasing
4093 days ago
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Overgeneralization
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peterwwillis
4093 days ago
Have you ever picked apples?
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