My favourite version of Base rate fallacy

~ Software Mechanic

This is my favourite version of writing out the Base rate fallacy and/or representativeness bias.
http://xkcd.com/795/

Why can’t more textbooks explain things in this format.Damn….
I wish i could find a comic that does the same to Math fields and theorems.
especially, without expecting prior knowledge from the reader.

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