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army1987 comments on Public Service Announcement Collection - Less Wrong Discussion

37 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 June 2013 05:20PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 28 June 2013 11:52:30AM 3 points [-]

I think a decent measure would be P(getting pregnant|one intercourse with condom)/P(getting pregnant|one intercourse without condom).

Comment author: somervta 01 July 2013 08:00:02AM 1 point [-]

Do you really think the average person being/needing information about condoms can understand that?

Comment author: [deleted] 01 July 2013 10:25:54AM 3 points [-]

If worded as “Using a condom reduces the chances of getting pregnant by X%” or “by N times”, probably.