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		dnautics on Oct 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Advice to my young self: forget side projects and ... Did you not see the "n=5" bit?

boyobo on Oct 14, 2020 [–]

Do you understand the concept of correlation?

"Usain bolt won the olypmic gold medal many times (n=8).

If winning the gold medal was so rare, what are the odds that people like Usain Bolt exist?"

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