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Re:Ask HN: How do you avoid cherry-picking data? by cczizou on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @10:35AM (#23467007)
This is useful. I tend to look for a universal rule I can abide by but reality requires alternative solutions. My hope is to find solutions that benefit collective society while not creating new inequities in the process. I believe conflicting realities need to be held in tension rather than allowing them to cancel each other out.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you avoid cherry-picking data? by oldsklgdfth on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @01:04PM (#23468427)
> I tend to look for a universal rule I can abide by but reality requires alternative solutions.

I do the same. For me it's result of applying "scientific thinking" to everything, and searching a "grand unifying theory".

I agree that conflicting realities should be displayed, as long at there is no effort to try any reconcile them and force some homogeneity.

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