Minority or majority ?
By arthur charpentier on Monday, September 12 2011, 19:57 - I feel lonely - Permalink
A few months ago, I mentioned (here) an article in a French newspaper which claimed that 60% of English people were earning less than the median. And recently, I read the following,
Sometimes I feel lonely when reading newspapers..
Comments
It could be a majority compared to 3 in 10 who are indifferent and 3 in 10 who love math
ignore that. A majority is more than half! Nice find
Jason's comment might actually reflect the reasoning followed by the author or copyeditor. But it would make the whole thing even worse: since being either "indifferent to" or "in love with" math qualifies as "not hating math", the mistake would move from numbers to pure logic, which, in my book, is even more serious. But hey, who ever expected the media to show any attachment to logic.