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		blackoil 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mira Murati’s AI startup Thinking Machines valued ... What is the false positive rate? Broken clock...

PartiallyTyped 9 months ago [–]

Bears predicted 11 of the last 3 recessions or something.

esperent 9 months ago | [–]

Bears as in... bears, the animal?

PartiallyTyped 9 months ago | | [–]

In the context of economics, bears and bulls are people who have a negative/ positive outlook. Something looking bearish means you have a belief that it will go down. Something looking bullish means I you believe ut will go up.

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