Lumifer comments on Open thread, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 28 October 2014 03:11:08PM 1 point [-]

I keep finding the statistic that "one pint of donated blood can save up to 3 lives!"

The expression "can save up to" should immediately trigger your bullshit detector. It's a reliable signal that the following number is meaningless.