Larry Elder coined the "Elvis rule" of polling. 20% of Americans believe Elvis is still alive, so almost any poll question will result in 20% picking the crazy option.
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I used to work in opinion research. If you design a question the right way, you can get 20% of people to agree with just about anything.
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I like to call it the 18% loony factor. Any question about terrible things being a punishment from God gets an 18% agreement. 18% was also Dick Cheney’s lowest approval rating.
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things get pretty wild one standard deviation below the mean
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us normal idiots with a mere 90 IQ don't get to see ghosts. gotta lose a few more IQ points until you can speak to the ethereal. too stupid to do anything, but too smart to contact the netherworld, the actual worst place on the distribution to be
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I think it’s more to do with the fact that about 1/5 people will answer yes to poll qs like “is the queen a lizard” just for fun
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no they literally saw a ghost
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I don’t understand your point, it doesn’t say they endorse ghosts. I’ve seen plenty but I don’t like them. I disavow them
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Somehow this doesn't comfort me.
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It’s that 1 dentist who doesn’t recommend Colgate for people who brush their teeth.
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Crazification factor is 27%. http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/10/lunch-discussions-145-crazification.html …
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Yes, but the ghosts are real aren't they?
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What? You're anti-ghost?
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I learned of it as the one-fifth rule in my voting behavior course. ~20% of Americans will believe something ridiculous.
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Does it count if the only specter I've seen is the specter of Communism?
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Does mean that only 20% of sane people support the president, rather than the 36% that polls claim?
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Do 18% of people have brain tumors that cause hallucinations? That is the only way this can be explained!
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So you are a Ghost Denier. Embrace science, Ghosts are real


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