@yokonzo to Mildly InterestingEnglish • 7 months agojust messing around with Google ngram, found a surprising correlation with these two wordsNSFWimagemessage-square12arrow-up148arrow-down16
arrow-up142arrow-down1imagejust messing around with Google ngram, found a surprising correlation with these two wordsNSFW@yokonzo to Mildly InterestingEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square12
minus-square@ohwhatfollyismanlink19•7 months agois this not just a manifestation of the law of large numbers?
minus-square@bennilink7•7 months agoWhy the law of large numbers? I’d think it’s p-hacking. Meaning if he tried out many different combinations, the chances are high he’d eventually come across some which are only correlated by chance. Here’s a related XKCD:
minus-square@SchmidtGeneticslink5•7 months agoCoincides with the release of Broke Back Mountain pretty well actually….
is this not just a manifestation of the law of large numbers?
Idk, maybe, I just thought it was dumb and funny
Why the law of large numbers?
I’d think it’s p-hacking. Meaning if he tried out many different combinations, the chances are high he’d eventually come across some which are only correlated by chance. Here’s a related XKCD:
Coincides with the release of Broke Back Mountain pretty well actually….