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Re:How to fit any dataset with a single parameter by meowphius on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @04:53PM (#28699774)
That is from the novel "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" by Haruki Murakami[0].

[0]: https://everything2.com/title/Encyclopedia+on+a+toothpick

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Re:How to fit any dataset with a single parameter by optimalsolver on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @10:02PM (#28702397)
Martin Gardner illustrated this principle in "Paradoxes to Puzzle and Delight" back in 1982, and I'm sure he wasn't the first to think of the concept.
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