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> Why would anyone spend time and effort to fake it? It's a heated argument on the internet. There'd be plenty of incentive to fake a graph in order to bolste
by michaelchisari 9y ago
> Why would anyone spend time and effort to fake it?
It's a heated argument on the internet. There'd be plenty of incentive to fake a graph in order to bolster one's opinion.
- yorwba 9y agoMy point is that if you are going to fake a graph to bolster your opinion, you might as well fake one that actually bolsters your opinion, instead of just mildly suggesting that not everyone disagrees with you.
- michaelchisari 9y agoI'm really disappointed we're even having this conversation on Hacker News. A graph with no source, no methodology, no context is useless. We're computer programmers, we should know enough about data to recognize this and dismiss it until we have those things.