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by pluma 3981 days ago
It's important to remember that "80% chance you do X" also means "20% chance you DON'T do X". And "20%" means "1 in 5".

We like to conflate large percentages as "practically 100%" but even ".1%" just means "1 in 1000". For large groups even low percentages can represent a significant quantity.