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		asdsa5325 on May 31, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I Write Letters to CEOs Which will still mean almost nothing, since past performance doesn't guarantee future results.

shanghaiaway on May 31, 2018 [–]

You basically just claimed that data analysis as a whole is invalid.

skolsuper on May 31, 2018 | [–]

It's a valid point, this is post-hoc data analysis so you need to be careful of the Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy

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