alt Hacker News> statistical defensibility
Requesting an arbitrarily high standard doesn’t create any obligation. Evidence of a high standard does.
> statistical defensibility
Requesting an arbitrarily high standard doesn’t create any obligation. Evidence of a high standard does.
There's no obligation in either direction in this context (idle chitchat) unless of course you care to convince someone of something.
He objected to what was provided and you accused him of ignoring evidence. I'm voicing agreement with his objection. The original claim was one of a statistical nature. Thus any purported evidence should be expected to match.