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just messing around with Google ngram, found a surprising correlation with these two words (lemmy.world)
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[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)

is this not just a manifestation of the law of large numbers?

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Idk, maybe, I just thought it was dumb and funny

[–] benni@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

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:

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Coincides with the release of Broke Back Mountain pretty well actually….