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To actually be fair, you'd assess the level of politicization of the numbers the government produces. While it's true that both 10 != 0 and 100 != 0, you are c
by jmull 1y ago
To actually be fair, you'd assess the level of politicization of the numbers the government produces.
While it's true that both 10 != 0 and 100 != 0, you are certainly off track trying to equate 10 and 100.
- kgwxd 1y agoI think this might be my favorite comment of all time.
- illiac786 1y agoI think it’s called “false equivalence”. I do prefer the mathematical form though.
- kgwxd 1y agoIt's the math version I hadn't seen before. I saw the comment shortly after I made basically the same comment with way more words. Sadly, even in it's simplest form, I'm sure the people that most need to understand it, will still refuse to accept it.
- _heimdall 1y agoHow do you explain a large deviation in magazine prices as listed in the CPI compared to the actual prices printed on the cover? Or swapping out steak for lesser cuts or ground beef? You can claim that my assumed intent behind how the CPI is adjusted over time is a false equivalence. I'd argue with you there, but what absolutely is false equivalence is a pound of steak and a pound of ground beef.