David Megginson on Nostr: Focusing on percentage change is a popular way to BS people with numbers. For ...
Focusing on percentage change is a popular way to BS people with numbers.
For example, if a company barely breaks even one year ($1 profit), then nets $140 profit the next year, that's a 14,000% increase in profit!
(but it means nothing)
#numeracy #numbers #business
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