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Comment by ekjhgkejhgk

> “Overall, 76% of female murders and 56% of male murders were perpetrated by someone known to the victim.”

> https://bjs.ojp.gov/female-murder-victims-and-victim-offende...

Lets say M is "being murdered" and A is "stranger in the house", "not A" is "person known to the victim in the house".

The numbers you're quoting say that P(not A | M) is large, implying that P(A | M) is small.

However, to make a decision on whether to let someone in, I care about P(M | A).

You need to exercise that critical thinking more. You just heard someone say "the murders are known to the victim" and you instantly dropped your common sense.

parent ekjhgkejhgk 10 months ago

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