Strangeattractor comments on If there was one element of statistical literacy that you could magically implant in every head, what would it be? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Strangeattractor 25 February 2016 09:55:39PM 0 points [-]

I would explain about blocking, how people can be matched up by profession, socio-economic status, smoker or non-smoker, and various other traits, to make comparisons where those factors are assumed to be equal.