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Not that many people on HN seem to be interested in spurious correlations. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=spurious%20cor&sort=b
by Borrible 5y ago
Not that many people on HN seem to be interested in spurious correlations.
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=spurious%20cor&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
- jrochkind1 5y agoI like the irony of suggesting that search result demonstrates "what many people on HN seem to be interested in," when talking about spurious correlations.
- Borrible 5y agoYeah, you're right. We should make a test or something... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29370245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29370245
- jrochkind1 5y agoOh you meant to suggest whether most people on HN were interested in a book titled _Spurious Correlations_? I guess that's the bulk of those search results too, that specific book. You should have put it in caps to indicate it is a title. I'm still not sure whether what happened to one post somehow proves whether or not "many people on HN are interested in" even that book, let alone the topic in general, but I am impressed by your confidence in your research methods.
- Borrible 5y agoThe irony of being taken seriously does not escape me.You can perhaps correlate my amazement.