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You took 3 lines to explain the difference between the two meanings. How do you expect the writer to make it clear on a headline?
by soneca 12y ago
You took 3 lines to explain the difference between the two meanings. How do you expect the writer to make it clear on a headline?
- SilasX 12y agoFWIW, I did it in one line [1]. But even better, I think the term "stubborn believers" is a better term and would have decreased the confusion, but note that it requires stubbornness plus disincentive for being wrong to correlate with correctness. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8032288 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8032288
- apalmer 12y agohe just should not have used the word confidence in the headline. He used to word confidence to make a more interesting headline, instead of using another word to make a more informative headline.