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Re:Ask HN: Getting started in biology with a software backgr... by goatlover on Thursday October 31, 2019 @01:05PM (#21411025)
But they did say "many of them are idiots", which is similar and rather arrogant. I don't trust people who claim their colleagues and classmates are idiots. Dunning-Kruger effect and hubris being what they are.
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Re:Ask HN: Getting started in biology with a software backgr... by mindcrime on Thursday October 31, 2019 @01:10PM (#21411107)
But they did say "many of them are idiots", which is similar

Similar, yes. But, at least to my mind, there's a pretty big jump from "many" to "most". But maybe that's just me. shrug

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Re:Ask HN: Getting started in biology with a software backgr... by xeromal on Thursday October 31, 2019 @02:44PM (#21412219)
Mot really, many still sounds like more than 50%. That's a huge claim
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Re:Ask HN: Getting started in biology with a software backgr... by blotter_paper on Thursday October 31, 2019 @09:12PM (#21415429)
Nope, we have a separate word for that: most.
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