Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Slate's Interesting Math

I've never seen so many folks having trouble with simple subtraction:

When a stunt man falls from a skyscraper, it's hard not to draw a short breath even if you know he's going to land on a puffy air bag. Barack Obama lost West Virginia by 30 points, which looks like an enormous fall. Clinton was favored to win the state, but Obama is the all-but-named nominee.


Let's see... 67 minus 26 equals????? Thirty????

This new learning amazes me.

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