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For an example of this, look at the sibling comment by pak (made after yours) =) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6844169 https://news.ycombinator.com/item

• pak 13y ago
  To which I say, what is the point of words like "only" and "all", if they do not mean what they are supposed to? I'm not trying to be a stickler. Granted, I work mostly in science research, where broad claims are discouraged and quantifying confidence in a hypothesis is expected. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. At best, I think this rule could apply to (maybe) 80% of "huge" tech companies. 80% is a disingenuously long distance from "all companies".
  • steveklabnik 13y ago
    Because humans are not logical inference engines; language is flexible, nuanced and complex. A blog post is not a industry research paper.