Warren is not 1/32 to 1/512 Native American. She is 1/64 to 1/1024. (Boston Globe)

Funny how all papers seemed to make this same "error".

The first version sounds better.

Here’s a challenge for the board

Excluding chemists and environmental scientists who are interested in ppm measurements of a substance, give me one example where 1/1024 is significant and worth anything more than 0, practically.

I’m a little rough on my calculus but I’m almost certain with a second test we could use a Newtonian statistical method to narrow that percentile down to an exact number within about a millionth percentile of error fairly quickly. (Assuming the test was done right)

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Read today that the average American is actually more Native American than Warren is.

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Highly likely.

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Read today that the average American is actually more Native American than Warren is.

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i’m pretty confident i got her beat.

and to my knowledge, no one in my family tree has ever claimed and NA ancestry.

but knowing the areas my family has resided since the late 1700s i’d say the odds of there being a lil mixture somewhere down the line is prolly pretty damn good.

I suspect that 1 part dioxin in 1024 parts water or 1ppt in a tank of water would make it hazardous and have to be disposed of as such.

I may be wrong about dioxin, but there are chemicals out there that would fit this waste criteria.

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