Some elementary stats might be useful ('the increase in cancer risk is a shocking 100% greater! - from p = 0.0000001 to p = 0.0000002...') but perhaps best left as an optional extra for those who want the advanced course.
Which part of math is that? The point of the subthread was that, if you're going to teach people "advanced math", it should be prob/stat.
Although making "How to lie with statistics" compulsory reading in secondary school wouldn't be all that bad an idea. Bush is a symptom, not the disease.
