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lutusp on Sept 15, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Overpopulation Is Not the Problem

>> But one thing doesn't change -- the shocking number of people who are starving at any given time.

> But that one thing DOES change! It improves!

Learn statistics -- learn how to avoid cherry-picking intervals to prove anything you care to. That is all.

glenra on Sept 15, 2013 [–]

What interval would YOU suggest to establish your claim that the number of people starving "doesn't change"? And can you provide a supporting link?

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