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samatman on July 21, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: 10% of Cubans left Cuba between 2022 and 2023

Thank you, I put median in italics and everything.

The point of citing the median is that, by definition, the top 15% do not affect it, except by virtue of existing.

mullingitover on July 21, 2024 [–]

Okay, I already ceded that point anyway. The overall point that you can cherry pick to make any country look bad in one way or another stands, however.

samatman on July 21, 2024 | [–]

What you've demonstrated is that one can start with false statistics and reach a conclusion not grounded in reality.

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