On 6/16/2017 2:56 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:


>>>
>>> I never saw a black student in my elementary school. Does that
>>> mean that no black children went to school?
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>> Now you're picking at nits. I went to school in many different states.
>
> It was an analogy. An example. I was trying for a non-numeric
> example for the point I was trying to make.
>
>> You're the one who thinks this discussion needs to be reduced to numbers.
>
> It's not about numbers. It's about proportion. We were
> talking about the seeming increase in allergies from "then"
> until "now". Although it's probable that the number of
> allergy sufferers has increased, it doesn't make a lick
> of sense to say "when I was young I didn't know anybody
> who had allergies, therefore the number of people with
> allergies has increased".
>
> The proportion of "people someone knew as a kid" to
> "all people who might have suffered allergies when I was a kid"
> is so small that no conclusion can be drawn from it.
>
> Well, I think I'm done for now. In the face of insurmountable
> innumeracy, I have to concede.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

Don't concede yet. There were no black kids in my school either. I'm
pretty sure we have proof they did not go to school. We had no peanut
allergies either!