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hirako2000today at 9:30 AM2 repliesview on HN

It isn't pointing at particular system to blame.

But if you feel like it's raining, it probably is.


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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 9:46 AM

> It isn't pointing at particular system to blame

It's hypothesising a phenomenon. I'm looking for a measure. The phenomenon is intuitively correct, but also suspiciously attractive. Sort of like the bullshit-job (or corrupt-bureaucrat) hypotheses, where every job or public official one doesn't like can be conveniently terms bullshit absent any rigour.

netmaretoday at 9:40 AM

There's a Greek proverb disputing the latter: they are spitting on him and he thinks it's raining.

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