If we pick a random plaid person off the street, the chance that the person is a criminal is 80%. The chance a random polka-dotted person is a criminal is only 20%. Which is why people might be more ready to consider a plaid person the criminal for any random crime, even though the chances are better for any random crime that a polka-dotted person did it.
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Date: 2006-12-11 04:50 pm (UTC)And to go further...
If we pick a random plaid person off the street, the chance that the person is a criminal is 80%. The chance a random polka-dotted person is a criminal is only 20%. Which is why people might be more ready to consider a plaid person the criminal for any random crime, even though the chances are better for any random crime that a polka-dotted person did it.