On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Janice Matchett wrote:
> At 02:26 PM 4/20/2006, Tjalle T Vandergraaf wrote:
>
> >Huh? “The U.S. population has more than doubled
> >since 1970....” Am I missing something?
>
> @ Yeah. The substance of the commentary - the
> part you snipped off (which I restored
> below). You seem to have a natural instinct for
> how best to distract people as you drag your red herrings across the trail.
>
> >According to
> ><http://www.demographia.com/db-uspop1900.htm>http://www.demographia.com/db-uspop1900.htm,
> >the population in the US was 205,052,174 in 1970
> >and 272,690,813 in 1999, or an increase of ‘only’ 33%.
>
> @ "Only" 33%??? 50 % or 33 % = a 17 %
> difference. BIG DEAL! Using logic, please
> explain how that 17% would change the bottom line
> --- point by point -- of what he wrote.
>
"More than doubled" means more than a 100% increase, not a 50% increase.
The difference between a 100% increase and a 33% increase is major.
Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395
Received on Fri Apr 21 17:24:02 2006
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