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just messing around with Google ngram, found a surprising correlation with these two words
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this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2024
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is this not just a manifestation of the law of large numbers?
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:
Idk, maybe, I just thought it was dumb and funny
Coincides with the release of Broke Back Mountain pretty well actually….