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There's no evidence they're being actively deceptive.
by the_watcher 10y ago
There's no evidence they're being actively deceptive.
- dsacco 10y agoPerhaps passively so? Colin has a point that it is hard to interpret this data honestly without an idea of what pre-acceptance (applicant) numbers look like. If the goal is to dispel myths about what's required to get into YC, then this is not the data to accomplish that. However, if the goal is to show that exceptional applicants that do not fit the myths can be accepted, then sure, this data shows that.
- ScottBurson 10y agoI don't know how anyone could think they're going to get into YC without being exceptional in some way.
- cperciva 10y agoBy "actively deceptive" I included "knowingly posting misleading information". This is based on a presumption that they were aware of the base rate fallacy issue; maybe I was being too generous in that assumption.