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Old 01-19-2007, 03:35 PM
luckyme luckyme is offline
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Default Re: Another Example of The luckyme Syndrome

Phones left in the sun or hot car may exhibit symptom Y and 98% of them fail.
Phones subjected to brief moisture and dried shortly after exhibit symptom Y and 90% of them recover.
Phones that experience BX also show symptom Y.
Overall, the experience of all phones showing symptom Y is 90% of them fail.

Knowing that this phone fits the wet/dry mode means we can ignore the 90% general rule ( it's a circular argument otherwise), and no amount of yelling about Bayes or Hayes should convince anyone to do anything but ignore the person and hope they get help.

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