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by bob1029 336 days ago
37 is one of those numbers that keeps popping up in certain places. Whenever I see it in a headline, I go in feeling like I'm about to be bullshitted by the author.
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You might be interested in this video by Veritasium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6iQrh2TK98
I think that Jason Fried knew about that.
It’s because it’s what people think of when trying to come up with a random number. So when people use it it’s generally not because they naturally encountered it but they needed a relatively high random number to make a bullshit point.