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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 w
by 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 agoBecause humans are not logical inference engines; language is flexible, nuanced and complex. A blog post is not a industry research paper.