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		Dylan16807 on Nov 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Dunning-Kruger effect is autocorrelation Oxymorons only sound contradictory on a surface level. Something "certainly" being a "trend" is the definition of statistical significance, so this is a straight up contradiction.

anonymouskimmer on Nov 25, 2023 [–]

See here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38416858

"Trend" has multiple meanings. Statistics doesn't get to claim all of the meaning.

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