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That's spooky, we were literally just talking about stickdeath in the office and then this shows up.
by taneq 1y ago
That's spooky, we were literally just talking about stickdeath in the office and then this shows up.
- nkrisc 1y agoAnd most people weren’t talking about it, but it’s inevitable that some were, and I guess that’s you. Surely you’re not surprised about all the times when you’re not talking about something that then shows up on HN? You talk about stuff everyday, and stuff shows up on HN everyday, eventually they’ll coincide.
- taneq 1y agoOh my god do you think it was selection bias? No way, I’m certain it was spooky action at a distance! /s
- soulofmischief 1y agoThe fallacy in question would be sharpshooter's fallacy. Selection bias is when a sample misrepresents the population.
- taneq 1y agoI kinda feel like these are two different views on the same basic 'mismatch-between-sampling-and-distribution' fallacy, what am I missing here?