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by erikb 3867 days ago
The first thing I think when reading the headline is that friends paradox on social networks. Feels like that. But I don't know if these paradoxes are interrelated.
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jqgatsby 3858 days ago
It is related, and is called the inspection paradox. Identified for me by Allen Downey, with some explanation below:

http://allendowney.blogspot.com/2015/11/recidivism-and-singl...

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