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    11 year ago

    Conservative means “not extreme”

    E.g. conservative estimates

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Words can have multiple meanings - it might be best to find one that doesn’t have the same baggage that conservative has, such as “risk-averse”

    • oce 🐆
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      1 year ago

      Not extreme is rather moderate. Conservative estimate means there’s a tendency to not change what was estimated in the past. Moderate would mean that a small change would be accepted.