Ted Rall for January 11, 1999
January 10, 1999
January 14, 1999
Transcript:
The Statistics of Sex Man: So? How 'about it? Woman: Look, I think you're cute, but I out of 4 Americans has herpes. Man: So ther's a 50% chance that one of us has bumps? Woman: No, probability doesn't work that way. Each event is an individual occurrence, not a cumulative one. Man: You mean, I can have unprotected sex with a million people and my chance of getting herpes is only 1 in 4? Woman: Well, I wouldn't go that far... there is an exonential factor to consider. Of course, I have herpes. Man: Hey, it's a small price to pay for education.
