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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday July 26, 2026 @11:15PM (#49064827)
I don't think it's so much a "misunderstood" statistic as much as a number that people (like the commenter you are replying to) deliberately trot out to use as evidence for their position because they are depending on most people being statistically illiterate.

To be clear, I totally agree with your points, I just think this is more of a case of "lying with statistics" than being a misunderstanding.

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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by willy_k on Sunday July 26, 2026 @11:21PM (#49064846)
I think in this case Hanlon’s Razor very much applies.

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by bcrosby95 on Sunday July 26, 2026 @11:35PM (#49064926)
When it comes to political statements everything is opposite day.
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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by willy_k on Sunday July 26, 2026 @11:48PM (#49065006)
No. When it comes to statements by politicians, maybe. But when it comes to what people say in a setting like this thread, being so flippant in discounting people’s earnest-ness is a mistake and gets in the way of actually moving understanding forward.
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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by sebasv_ on Monday July 27, 2026 @02:01AM (#49065651)
Thank you for brightening my day. Keep on acing the vibe check!
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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by account42 on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @06:25AM (#49081813)
Only fools invoke Hanlon's Razor for inherently adversarial situations.
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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by willy_k on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @12:59PM (#49086804)
Only fools reconcile situations where people disagree as “inherently adversarial”. If you’re feeling adversarial more power to ya, but other people, myself included, are here to discuss the world for discussions’ sake.
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