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		ballenf on Jan 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Theranos destroyed subpoenaed SQL blood test datab... If it’s 100% accurate 49 out 100 times and 50% accurate for the rest, the net is more like 75% accurate. Right?

the_jeremy on Jan 12, 2021 [–]

"51% failure rate" doesn't mean "100% accurate 49% of the time, and 50% accurate 51% of the time", it means "right 49% of the time, wrong 51% of the time" - a coin toss.

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