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> The point is that the HN article title is wrong and deceptive Hardly. Britain has voted. The result of the vote is that Britain will leave the EU. The fact t

> The point is that the HN article title is wrong and deceptive Hardly. Britain has voted. The result of the vote is that Britain will leave the EU. The fact that the votes haven't been counted to 100% doesn't make that fact any less the case. Statistics work.

cpncrunch 10y ago
You're stating a statistical prediction as a fact. If you're happy doing that then so be it...
- shock-value 10y ago
  I think everyone in this thread is fine with it.
  - cpncrunch 10y ago
    I think it was just because they didn't realise, rather than being fine with it.
    - ars 10y ago
      No, it's because they are fine with it. You'd be surprised at how much day to day stuff you consider an "fact" is actually "statistically correct" rather than an absolute.
- fdsaaf 10y ago
  When you read a sector from your hard drive and expect to get back what you wrote, you're citing a statistical prediction as fact.