There are so many things where understanding set theory matters. ~100% of people who are trans at age 25 felt that way at age 8 OTOH, something like 80% of people who have body dysphoria at age 8 have it pass before adulthood https://www.pluralist.com/posts/2065-everyone-s-doing-it-three-trans-middle-schoolers-undergo-sex-change-therapy-together …
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2/ My favorite formulation of a (related) point is: "...and as with the situation at ski resorts, where young women are searching for husbands, and husbands are searching for young women, the situation is not as symmetrical as it first appears"
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3/ See also: the debate about race and crime. On the one hand, yes, blacks are 5x more likely to commit violent crimes. OTOH, the vast majority of whites and blacks never commit violent crimes.
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4/ truth: blacks are 10% of the pop, but 50% of the violent criminals truth: 99+% of whites are not violent criminals question: what percent of blacks are NOT violent criminals? wrong answer: umm...20%? Because it's, like ... uh ... like blacks are 5x whites?
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5/ actual answer: ~ 99% of whites are not violent criminals, and also ~ 99% of blacks are not violent criminals
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6/ I could go on, but I'm gonna work instead.
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