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by IshKebab 17 days ago
> Well, that's the assumption I'm challenging. That does not seem to be a substantiated fact at all.

It's not a assumption or confirmation bias. It's plain as day if you read any of these AI generated (or assisted) articles. You may as well ask me for proof that HN readers are pedantic.
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Gormo 14 days ago
It's not possible for any of this to be "plain as day" without being substantiated by data. There is no way to validate a statistical indicator without being able to independently measure the target variable.

Validating your criteria against the same subjective impressions that informed those criteria in the first place is an exercise in both circular reasoning and confirmation bias.

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