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Re:Large home libraries may have a long-term impact on profi... by gumby on Thursday October 18, 2018 @12:19PM (#18249592)
> "Kids who grow up in households with lots of pants suitable for tall adults grow up to be tall as adults."

Parenting is rife with cargo cult activity. Even (or perhaps especially) in places like Palo Alto where you'd think parents would have some understanding of statistics and causality.

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Re:Large home libraries may have a long-term impact on profi... by microcolonel on Thursday October 18, 2018 @12:28PM (#18249694)
I think that there's an uncanny valley for statistics: Some people don't care about statistics and prefer to operate on philosophy, some people know about statistics but generally choose not to act on them because they know they don't understand, but a lot of people are aware enough of statistics to use them, and not skilled enough with them to know what conclusions they can draw.
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