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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by jewayne on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @03:15PM (#38089981)
Well, unless having the three percent get through makes it impossible to improve the condition of the other 97%. Survivorship bias is our favorite logical fallacy here in the US.
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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by whatshisface on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @04:32PM (#38090962)
Yeah, if you reduce the number of frogs in the pot while keeping the burner setting constant, the ones remaining will boil sooner.
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