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Re:Why Punish? by shakow on Saturday July 30, 2022 @05:31PM (#32290542)
> You argue against cherry-picking, and then you think you can prove something with one single example?

Yes, that's the whole point of a counter-example...

If I try to prove the all odd numbers are prime (look, 1, 3, 5, 7, ... – it works!), you telling me that 9 is not is enough to disprove my theory.

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Re:Why Punish? by SiempreViernes on Sunday July 31, 2022 @02:31PM (#32297563)
I'm sorry to say, but if you think that you can provide a counter example to the statement "there is no strong correlation" with one single additional data point, you've grievously misunderstood how correlations work.
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