213
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2025
213 points (85.6% liked)
science
20037 readers
914 users here now
A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.
rule #1: be kind
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Like... is it written to excite anxiety?
Getting a colorectal cancer probability in a lifetime is about 0.04, eating hotdog adds 8% to it or ~0.003. I like how precisely we can measure it using regular statistics, but what does it tell to a human being? To me it tells nothing about hotdogs
This is like saying it's not safe to go outside because there's some marginal percent you'll be murdered or some shit.
Higher chance you will die of heart disease if you don't.
Egads! Everythings dangerous!