This is not a SFW instance. NSFW communities will be tagged, and efforts will be made to keep SFW communities clean, but proceed at your own comfort level.
Many people in the U.S. believe that their statistical knowledge is limited, but they would rely on statistics for decision-making more if they understood statistics better, according to a new study led by a Penn State researcher.
The lottery is just the tip of the iceberg.
But people don’t learn statistics for the same old reasons: indoctrination, privilege/deprivation, ancient/misguided teaching standards, etc.
Similarly most people don’t ever learn compsci/programming because for example they’re studying calculus from the 1700s that they’ll never use, etc.
The end goal is a compliant, obedient servant/prisoner, not an educated, critical person.