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Comment author: Alejandro1 02 December 2013 04:20:15PM 35 points [-]

Most of the Headlines from a Mathematically Literate World. An example:

Our World: Hollywood Breaks Box Office Records with Explosions, Rising Stars.

Mathematically Literate World: Hollywood Breaks Box Office Records with Inflation, Rising Population.

Comment author: James_Miller 03 December 2013 02:49:55PM 11 points [-]

Mathematically and Economically Literate World: Rapid economic growth in India and China create record sales for low marginal cost information goods that achieve cross-cultural appeal by, for example, playing to base pleasures by displaying explosions and beautiful actors.

Comment author: maia 02 December 2013 04:48:52PM *  24 points [-]

More of these gems, for the lazy:

Our World: Firm’s Meteoric Rise Explained by Daring Strategy, Bold Leadership

Mathematically Literate World: Firm’s Meteoric Rise Explained by Good Luck, Selection Bias

Our World: One Dead in Shark Attack; See Tips for Shark Safety Inside

Mathematically Literate World: One Dead in Tragic, Highly Unlikely Event; See Tips for Something Useful Inside

Our World: Poll Finds 2016 Candidates Neck and Neck

Mathematically Literate World: Poll Finds 2016 Predictions Futile, Absurd

Comment author: MTGandP 22 December 2013 09:15:07PM 5 points [-]

In case anyone's curious, here are the highest-grossing films, adjusted for inflation.

Comment author: Vaniver 02 December 2013 05:14:48PM *  8 points [-]

Notice the number of political digs among the clear ones.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 18 December 2013 05:16:31PM *  2 points [-]

Looks to me like around 4, with one of them being of no particular partisan orientation.

Okay, what's special about that number, that I should notice it? Seems about what one would expect for a list of that length. A bit low, frankly.

Comment author: Vaniver 18 December 2013 06:12:38PM 2 points [-]

The number doesn't seem as important as the habit of noticing political digs, regardless of whether or not you agree with them.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 19 December 2013 03:20:56PM 2 points [-]

Okay. I was just wondering why you said 'number' there.