likely useless information

Today I learned that there is a matching program that helps low-income people save up for things like cars and houses and starting their own businesses, but it sounds like it's underfunded.

In stupid news, researchers asked a bunch of college students what it means when forecasters report some percent chance of rain, and 'a sizeable number' of students answered incorrectly. Now, this is what happens when you ask college students things like that -- they don't read the paper, they don't watch the news, and they haven't thought about it unless they grew up in farm country. Wait until the non-farmers graduate and have to commute through bad weather, and then you'll hear a different story.

That, or the researchers involved aren't familiar with how many people are math impaired to start with and will automatically give you the wrong answer as soon as you mention percentages.