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

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Comment author: Brillyant 22 February 2016 08:22:20PM 4 points [-]

The Law of Truly Large Numbers. And that 1 in a million experiences are actually super common in a world with 7B+ people. I have a background in the sort of Christianity that emphasizes the reality of miracles and apparently unexplained phenomena, so this would likely help sooth that annoyance.