strange statistic

[psyco]

im watching discovery channel, and they just used this statistic

'98% of fires are started by arsonists'

wtf? can someone please explain who/what the 2% are?

 

[chretien]

Accidents?

 

[Succi]

this thread makes my head hurt

 

[Asha]

lightening

 

[Himse]

natural causes.

 

[Thorwyn]

AC raids

 

[crispy]

98% makes my bullshit detector go off

 

[razeredge]

ah, 57% of statistics are made up, 74% of people know that

 

[Dukat]

ah, 57% of statistics are made up, 74% of people know that

^^ I thought it was 86% and 32%?

 

[old.Tohtori]

10% of this thread readers don't give a f*ck.
35% of this thread will end up in statistics or causes fr the "other 2%".
60% of the thread will be pointless drivel
10% of freddyshouse can't count

 

[tris-]

did you know 3 out of 4 people currently make up 75% of the population.

i shit you not!

 

[kirennia]

Spontanious combustion!

e.g.hay bails

 

[old.Tohtori]

did you know 3 out of 4 people currently make up 75% of the population.

i shit you not!

That's bullsh*t.

You're trying to tell use that out of 4 people, three are in that 75% of population?

Like if i'm in the 25% of the population, 3 of my friends are of this 75%?

Bah...that's just total horse maneur...

 

[Darzil]

I always like the 50% of murders (or whatever) are carried out by the insane. Meaning presumably that the rest of the people were well adjusted and had good reason for murder.

Darzil

 

[razeredge]

im watching discovery channel, and they just used this statistic

'98% of fires are started by arsonists'

wtf? can someone please explain who/what the 2% are?

to borrow from another thread, they are cause by Jack Bauer causing elecrical short, by using elecricity to get information out of terrorists