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Re:Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from f... by saryant on Monday July 20, 2015 @12:08AM (#9913948)
Counterpoints: Rockefeller. Carnegie. Jobs. Several of my entrepreneur friends.
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Re:Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from f... by rosser on Monday July 20, 2015 @01:14AM (#9914111)
"The plural of anecdote is not 'data'."
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Re:Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from f... by vonklaus on Monday July 20, 2015 @01:25AM (#9914141)
This could be just as easily directed to the articles author.
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Re:Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from f... by kelnos on Monday July 20, 2015 @05:08AM (#9914802)
Actually, it is, for a statistically significant number of anecdotes.
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Re:Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from f... by colinmegill on Monday July 20, 2015 @02:58AM (#9914376)
Best comment response ever. It is sad this will languish here rather than be etched into a stele.
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Re:Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from f... by contingencies on Monday July 20, 2015 @05:05AM (#9914791)
http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2011/04/the-plural-of-an...
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Re:Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from f... by _0ffh on Monday July 20, 2015 @03:12AM (#9914425)
Let's say, counterexamples are not unbiased samples.
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Re:Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from f... by vixen99 on Monday July 20, 2015 @02:45AM (#9914344)
Mostly true but the singular of data (pl) is anecdote - considered as a discrete experience.
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Re:Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from f... by dump100 on Monday July 20, 2015 @05:14AM (#9914828)
It is `Empirical`
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Re:Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from f... by CmonDev on Monday July 20, 2015 @04:33AM (#9914679)
You beat me to the "But what about [an obvious exception to the general rule and a couple of anecdotal samples]?".
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