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Re:How I went from failing every interview to a job at Amazon by dajohnson89 on Sunday April 30, 2017 @05:09PM (#14233853)
post hoc, ergo propter hoc :)
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Re:How I went from failing every interview to a job at Amazon by minimaxir on Sunday April 30, 2017 @05:14PM (#14233890)
I hate using the Latin name of logical fallacies since it tends to lead comment threads into ad absurdum flamewars. :P
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Re:How I went from failing every interview to a job at Amazon by Terr_ on Monday May 01, 2017 @12:13AM (#14235518)
Mildly relevant: http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/citations-needed
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Re:How I went from failing every interview to a job at Amazon by dajohnson89 on Sunday April 30, 2017 @07:28PM (#14234498)
Why? Maybe I'm just a logic nerd, but I see no harm in using Latin terms wherever appropriate.
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Re:How I went from failing every interview to a job at Amazon by retsibsi on Sunday April 30, 2017 @07:58PM (#14234625)
For whatever it's worth, I appreciated his use of English. In this case I don't think I would have had trouble parsing 'post hoc ergo propter hoc', but about half the time when someone uses the Latin phrase for a logical fallacy (or other concept) I have to look it up to make sure I haven't misremembered its meaning. Trivial inconvenience, sure, but multiply that by everyone else in the same boat and surely it outweighs the extra effort/space taken to type out a slightly longer, easily understandable English version.
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