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Brian Gallagher is an associate editor at Nautilus. Follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) <a href="https://twitter.com/bsgallagher/" rel="noopener">@bsgallagher</a>.

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Aubrey Clayton is an applied mathematical researcher, lecturer, and writer. He is the child of two math teachers and the author of <a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/bernoullis-fallacy/9780231199940">Bernoulli’s Fallacy: Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science</a>.

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