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You do know you can calculate the likelihood of a proposition from inductive evidence.

• sosuke 10y ago
  That is true you can get a probability of it being true from the information provided. But it still doesn't make it true, or true for the entire community. I guess I don't like the implication that I, as a commentator on Hacker News, am now grouped along with a person or persons I wouldn't want to be associated with. There has to be some kind of phrasing for that. I put myself in a group, a member of that group does something atrocious I don't agree with, the world at large vilifies the group and I feel defensive because I put myself in that group.
  • carapace 10y ago
    There is a phrasing for it: It's called "prejudice". It sucks. But if you don't want to be grouped with the haters and creeps then you had better stand up and say so. Call out the creeps and haters among us and tell them their shit isn't okay. Stand up and say something. The problem isn't that this kid can't tell whether the creeps trying to get at her are from HN or not. The problem is the creeps. Fight the right battle dude.
    • oldmanjay 10y ago
      Call-out culture has not fixed anything yet, so we need to do it harder!
      • carapace 10y ago
        "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."