Binary thinking Memes

The classic binary approach to probability—completely ignoring sample spaces, dependent events, and the entire field of statistics. The correct answer is 1/5 or 20%, but why bother with actual math when you can reduce complex problems to "it happens or it doesn't"? This is the same logic that makes people think they have a 50% chance of winning the lottery. Statistics professors everywhere just felt a disturbance in the force.

The eternal turf war between mathematicians and statisticians continues! This meme perfectly captures the hierarchy of statistical sins according to "pure" mathematicians. First level: "Statistics is not real maths" - the classic elitist view from theoretical mathematicians who look down on applied fields. Second level: "Statisticians sold their soul to work in finance" - even worse, they're using their powers for *gasp* money instead of pure academic pursuit! But the final boss that sends mathematicians into rage mode: "Probability for any event is 0.5, it either happens or it doesn't" - the statistical equivalent of nails on a chalkboard that makes anyone with even basic probability knowledge want to flip a table. There's a 100% chance this statement will trigger statisticians everywhere!