But that's just the problem. If you divide the world up differently, based on izzycat's math above, 26% of all people are criminals and 74% are not. Your law-abiding population is 97% polkadot (72/74) and 3% plaid (2/74). But even your pool of criminals is 69% polkadot (18/26) and 31% plaid (8/26). -- Do you suppose those numbers are accurately reflected in the conviction rates of this theoretical society? :-}
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Date: 2006-12-11 05:53 pm (UTC)