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More or Less: Behind the Stats

Dementia, inflation and shark deaths

More or Less: Behind the Stats

BBC

Business, Mathematics, Science, News Commentary, News

4.63.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Health risks for Presidential hopefuls, falling inflation, shark deaths and salary claims

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to more or less your weekly guide to the wonders and dangers of statistical

0:06.3

deep water.

0:09.6

This week we ask whether sharks should be more scared of humans and humans are of sharks.

0:15.6

We explore how computer games such as Fortnite and FIFA are reshaping the country's economic

0:21.4

statistics.

0:22.4

And we ask whether it's really true that bricklayers earn more than dentists.

0:28.1

But first, over in the US the televised debates to help select the democratic nominee for

0:33.5

president have begun.

0:35.8

Here was an eye catching spat between 45 year old Julian Castro, 100 to one outsider,

0:41.8

and 76 year old Joe Biden, one of the front runners.

0:45.3

Barack Obama's vision was not to leave 10 million people uncovered.

0:49.1

He wanted every single person in this country covered.

0:52.2

My plan would do that, your plan would not.

0:53.8

They do not have to buy in.

0:55.3

They do not have to buy in.

0:57.2

You just said that, you just said that two minutes ago.

1:00.1

You just said two minutes ago that they would have to buy in.

1:02.8

You said they would have to buy in.

1:04.5

If you qualify for the president, you're forgetting what you said two minutes ago.

1:08.5

Are you forgetting already what you said just two minutes ago?

1:13.9

Well might they gasp.

1:15.7

Castro seems to be implying that former vice president Biden might have been suffering

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