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99% is a common number for cargo-cult numeracy, much like "give me a minute" probably doesn't mean a literal minute. On the other hand, 95%, 90%, "give me thre
by MaulingMonkey 5y ago
99% is a common number for cargo-cult numeracy, much like "give me a minute" probably doesn't mean a literal minute.
On the other hand, 95%, 90%, "give me three minutes", etc. are much less cargo-cult, and much less likely to be cargo-cult numeracy.
On the third tentacle, people are bad at a lot of estimates, HN crowd included.