Are sharks really nine times more likely to attack men than women?

[dracoi]

@Hari_Seldon

Would you trust people who seem to believe that 84/16 is 9? Idiots.

@Freddy_the_Pig

As much as I’d trust people who don’t know the difference between “attack” and “kill”.

Not to defend the article too much, but they do clarify both items: 86% of attacks are on males, 89% of fatal attacks are on males. So the 9x number comes from the number of fatalities (89:11, which admittedly is still closer to 8x), and the article does distinguish between attack and kill.

So… as much as the article got wrong, let’s not criticize them for things they actually did right.

[Freddy_the_Pig]

I should clarify that I meant my post as a defense of the article, and an “attack” on those posters (starting with the OP) who mis-characterized it.